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Lin­da Kantor-Swerdlow

Lin­da Kan­tor-Swerd­low is a retired Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor of His­to­ry Edu­ca­tion from Drew Uni­ver­si­ty and the author of Glob­al Activism in an Amer­i­can School: From Empa­thy to Action. She is cur­rent­ly free­lanc­ing and reviews books and theater.

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The Busi­ness of Tran­si­tion: Jew­ish and Greek Mer­chants of Saloni­ca from Ottoman to Greek Rule
Paris Papami­chos Chronakis
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Let­ters from Home: The Cre­ation of Dias­po­ra in Jew­ish Antiquity
Mal­ka Z. Simkovich
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Yoram Meital
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Anas­ta­sios Karababas
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Ayelet Brinn
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Wolf Gruner
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Richard Hurowitz

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