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Autobiography & Memoir

Cover of Witness
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Wit­ness
Ruth Gruber; Richard Holbrooke, fwd.
Cover of A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life
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A Guest in My Own Coun­try: A Hun­gar­i­an Life
George Konrad; Jim Tucker, trans.; Michael Henry Heim, ed.
Cover of Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou
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Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou
Jennifer Anne Moses
Cover of Fiorello's Sister: Gemma Laguardia Gluck's Story
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Fiorel­lo’s Sis­ter: Gem­ma Laguardia Gluck­’s Story
Rochelle G. Saidel, ed.
Cover of Postal Indiscretions: The Correspondence of Tadeusz Borowski
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Postal Indis­cre­tions: The Cor­re­spon­dence of Tadeusz Borowski
Tadeusz Drewnowski, ed; Alicia Nitecki, trans.
Cover of Not a Happy Camper: A Memoir
Non­fic­tion
Not a Hap­py Camper: A Memoir
Mindy Schneider
Cover of The Heavens are Empty: Discovering the Lost Town of Trochenbrod
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The Heav­ens are Emp­ty: Dis­cov­er­ing the Lost Town of Trochenbrod
Avrom Bendavid-Val; Jonathan Safran Foer, preface
Cover of An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba
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An Island Called Home: Return­ing to Jew­ish Cuba
Ruth Behar
Cover of Inheriting the Holocaust: A Second Generation Memoir
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Inher­it­ing the Holo­caust: A Sec­ond Gen­er­a­tion Memoir
Paula S. Fass
Cover of Dream Homes: From Cairo to Katrina, an Exile's Journey
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Dream Homes: From Cairo to Kat­ri­na, an Exile’s Journey
Joyce Zonana
Cover of Crossing the River
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Cross­ing the River
Shalom Eilati, Vern Lenz, trans.
Cover of The Accidental Zionist: What a Priest, a Pornographer and a Wrestler Named Chainsaw Taught Me About Being Jewish, Saving the World, and Why Israel Matters to Both
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The Acci­den­tal Zion­ist: What a Priest, a Pornog­ra­ph­er and a Wrestler Named Chain­saw Taught Me About Being Jew­ish, Sav­ing the World, and Why Israel Mat­ters to Both
Ian Pear
Cover of Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic's Quest
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Spir­i­tu­al Envy: An Agnos­tic’s Quest
Michael Kras­ny
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A Hid­den Life: A Mem­oir of August 1969
Johanna Reiss
Cover of George Steiner at the New Yorker
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George Stein­er at the New Yorker
George Steiner; Robert Boyers, ed.
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From Cous­cous to Kasha: Report­ing From the Field of Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty Work
Seymour Epstein
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