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Nonfiction Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict Oren Kessler
Nonfiction The Last Ships from Hamburg: Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia’s Jews on the Eve of World War I Steven Ujifusa
Fiction Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews during World War II: A Graphic Novel Ralph Shayne; Tatiana Goldberg, illus.
Essay Forgotten Girls of the Holocaust: Annette Zelman’s Story Heather Dune Macadam, Simon Worrall January 8, 2024
Nonfiction Murder in Manchuria: The True Story of a Jewish Virtuoso, Russian Fascists, a French Diplomat, and a Japanese Spy in Occupied China Scott D. Seligman
Nonfiction Forged in America: How Irish-Jewish Encounters Shaped a Nation Hasia R. Diner Miriam Nyhan Grey
Nonfiction A Revolution in Type: Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press Ayelet Brinn
Visual Arts The Guardian of Memory: Aldo Izzo and the Ancient Jewish Cemetery of Venice Marjorie Agosín; Alison Ridley, trans; Samuel Shats, photography
Nonfiction Star Crossed: A True WWII Romeo and Juliet Love Story in Hitler’s Paris Heather Dune Macadam Simon Worrall
Cookbook Kugels & Collards: Stories of Food, Family, and Tradition in Jewish South Carolina Rachel Gordin Barnett Lyssa Kligman Harvey
