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    Quest for Eter­nal Sun­shine: A Holo­caust Sur­vivor’s Jour­ney from Dark­ness to Light
    Myra Good­man
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    Judaism for the World: Reflec­tions on God, Life, and Love
    Arthur Green
    Interview

    ‘Life as a Dis­lo­cat­ing Expe­ri­ence’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with David Adjmi

    Bob Gold­farb
    November 23, 2020
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    Love in the Blitz
    Compilation by David MacGowan
    Cover of Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons in Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty
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    Camp Girls: Fire­side Lessons in Friend­ship, Courage, and Loyalty
    Iris Kras­now
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    A Delayed Life: The True Sto­ry of the Librar­i­an of Auschwitz
    Dita Kraus
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    Nev­er Alone
    Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy
    Cover of Journey into the Land of the Zeks and Back: A Memoir of the Gulag
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    Jour­ney into the Land of the Zeks and Back: A Mem­oir of the Gulag
     Julius Margolin, Stefani Hoffman (trans.)
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    Chance: Escape from the Holocaust
    Uri Shule­vitz
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    In the Hour of Fate and Danger
    Ferenc Andai, Marietta Morry and Lynda Muir (trans.)
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    A Place of Exo­dus: Home, Mem­o­ry, and Texas
    David Biespiel
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    A Pas­sion For Israel: Adven­tures of a Sar-el Volunteer
    Mark Wern­er
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    Here We Are: My Friend­ship with Philip Roth
    Ben­jamin Taylor
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    From Hell to Chal­lah: Ris­ing from frag­ile to fearless.….one grain at a time
    Shari Wal­lack
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    The Extra­or­di­nary UnOr­di­nary You: Fol­low Your Own Path, Dis­cov­er Your Own Journey
    Simone Knego
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    Matthew, Mark, Luke, John…and Me: Grow­ing Up Jew­ish in a Chris­t­ian World
    Arthur Ullian
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