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Bar­bara S. Cohen

Bar­bara S. Cohen is a tri­al attor­ney in Los Ange­les who spe­cial­izes in child abuse cas­es. She is a mem­ber of NAMI and a sup­port­er of NARSAD, and is an advo­cate for those who suf­fer from men­tal illness.
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The Holy Thief: A Con Man’s Jour­ney From Dark­ness to Light
Mark Horvitz; Alan Eisenstock
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Com­pa­ny C: An Amer­i­can’s Life as a Cit­i­zen-Sol­dier in Israel
Haim Watz­man
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Ency­clo­pe­dia of an Ordi­nary Life
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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Tevye’s Grand­chil­dren: Redis­cov­er­ing Jew­ish Identity
Eleanor Mallet
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The Exe­cu­tion of the Hang­man of Riga: The Only Exe­cu­tion of a Nazi War Crim­i­nal by the Mossad
Anton Kuenzle; Gad Shimron; Uriel Masad, trans.
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The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
Ellen Feld­man
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Prince of Fire
Daniel Sil­va
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Sec­ond Chances: Trans­form­ing Bit­ter­ness to Hope and the Sto­ry of Ruth
Rabbi Levi Meier
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My Sis­ter Life: A Novel
F.D. Reeve
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Edges: O Israel O Palestine
Leora Skolkin-Smith
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Shang­hai Legacy
Marion Cuba
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Paper Kiss­es: A True Love Story
Richard Kaiser; Anthea Bell, trans.
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Car­ing: A Jew­ish Guide to Caregiving
Naomi Brudner
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Judith H. Sherman
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Faith for Begin­ners: A Novel
Aaron Hamburger

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