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Sephardic Jews in Amer­i­ca: A Dias­poric History
Aviva Ben-Ur
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An Unspeak­able Crime: The Pros­e­cu­tion and Per­se­cu­tion of Leo Frank
Elaine Alphin
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Eva’s Sto­ry: A Sur­vivor’s Tale by the Step­sis­ter of Anne Frank
Eva Schloss with Evelyn Julia Kent
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The Jew­ish Americans
Marissa Lingen
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Divid­ing Hearts: The Removal of Jew­ish Chil­dren from Gen­tile Fam­i­lies in Poland in the Imme­di­ate Post Holo­caust Years
Emunah Nachmany Gafny
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The Bal­four Dec­la­ra­tion: The Ori­gins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Jonathan Schneer
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At the Mer­cy of Strangers: The Res­cue of Jew­ish Chil­dren With Assumed Iden­ti­ties in Poland
Nahum Bogner
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The Land of Blood and Hon­ey: The Rise of Mod­ern Israel
Martin van Creveld
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Res­cue & Flight: Amer­i­can Relief Work­ers Who Defied the Nazis
Susan Elizabeth Subak; William F. Schulz, aftwd.
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Resti­tu­tion: A Fam­i­ly’s Fight for Their Her­itage Lost in the Holocaust
Kathy Kac­er
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The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel’s Bar­gain With the Bomb
Avner Cohen
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Jew­ish Respons­es to Per­se­cu­tion, 1933 – 1946: Vol­ume I
Jurgen Matthaus and Mark Roseman
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The Holo­caust: A Con­cise History
Doris L. Bergen
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The Lib­er­a­tors: Amer­i­ca’s Wit­nessers to the Holocaust
Michael Hirsh
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The Prime Min­is­ters: An Inti­mate Nar­ra­tive of Israeli Leadership
Yehuda Avner; Martin Gilbert, intro.
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The Unspo­ken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Rela­tion­ship with Apartheid South Africa
Sasha Polakow-Suransky
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