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Jew­ish Book Month: Sug­ges­tions from Our Readers

Dur­ing the nine­ty-ninth cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish Book Month, we asked vora­cious read­ers at events around New York City what sto­ries you’d like to rec­om­mend to your fel­low book lovers this month. Check out some of the favorites below! 

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Fiction
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
Tony Kushner
Cover of When the Angels Left the Old Country
Fiction
When the Angels Left the Old Country
Sacha Lamb
Cover of Long Island Compromise
Fiction
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
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Fiction
Shmutz
Felicia Berliner
Cover of The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Fiction
The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Michael Chabon
Cover of The Red Tent: A Novel
Fiction
The Red Tent: A Novel
Anita Diamant
Cover of A Guide for the Perplexed
Fiction
A Guide for the Perplexed
Dara Horn
Cover of When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Children's
When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Alice Hoffman
Cover of The Weight of Ink
Fiction
The Weight of Ink
Rachel Kadish
Cover of The Girl Who Counted Numbers
Fiction
The Girl Who Counted Numbers
Roslyn Bernstein
Cover of We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel
Nonfiction
We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel
Daniel Gordis
Cover of Don't Forget to Write
Fiction
Don't Forget to Write
Sara Goodman Confino
Cover of The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
Nonfiction
The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
Jonathan Kaufman
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Nonfiction
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
Michael B. Oren
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Fiction
The Matzah Ball
Jean Meltzer
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Nonfiction
Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir
Sara Glass
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Nonfiction
One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
Michael Frank
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Fiction
Kantika
Elizabeth Graver
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