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Kib­b­itz and Nosh: When We All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria
Mar­cia Brick­er Halperin
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Pray­ing with Jane Eyre: Reflec­tions on Read­ing as a Sacred Practice
Vanessa Zoltan
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Ger­ald Stern
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Arthur Szyk: Artist and Activist

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Jill Col­lela Bloomfield
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The Amer­i­can Way: A True Sto­ry of Nazi Escape, Super­man, and Mar­i­lyn Monroe
Helene Stap­in­s­ki
Bon­nie Siegler
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JEW­els: Teas­ing Out the Poet­ry in Jew­ish Humor and Storytelling
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72nd Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Winners

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January 18, 2023
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