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Yos­si Zamir

Var­da Polak-Sahm

Var­da Polak-Sahm is a sev­enth-gen­er­a­tion Jerusalemite, the author of three books, and an inter­na­tion­al­ly known pho­tog­ra­ph­er and researcher of folklore.
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The House of Secrets: The Hid­den World of the Mikveh
Varda Polak-Sahm; Anne Hartstein Pace, trans.

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