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Race & Ethnicity

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Chil­dren’s
Let It Glow
Maris­sa Meyer
Joanne Levy
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Cook­book
Sabor Judío: The Jew­ish Mex­i­can Cookbook
Ilan Sta­vans
Mar­garet E. Boyle
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Chil­dren’s
Mixed-Up Moon­cakes
Christina Matula and Erica Lyons; Tracy Subisak, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Five Sto­ries
Ellen Wein­stein
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Non­fic­tion
Car­ry­ing a Big Schtick: Jew­ish Accul­tur­a­tion and Mas­culin­i­ty in the Twen­ti­eth Century
Miri­am Eve Mora
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A Grand­daugh­ter’s Reflections

Nao­mi Umlauf
February 26, 2024
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Fic­tion
Two Tribes
Emi­ly Bowen Cohen
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Non­fic­tion
Not From Here: The Song of America
Leah Lax
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Non­fic­tion
Weath­er­ing: The Extra­or­di­nary Stress of Ordi­nary Life in an Unjust Society
Arline T. Geronimus
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Non­fic­tion
Love Let­ter From Pig: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry of Free­dom Summer
Julie Kabat
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Mahjong at Mara’s
Debra Green
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Poet­ry
Glance: Poems
Chan­da Feldman
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Hag­gadah High­lights 5783/2023

Jonathan Fass
April 3, 2023
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How I Learned to Embrace my Black and Jew­ish Heritage

Davon Loeb
January 24, 2023
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Chil­dren’s
Chunky Goes to Camp
Yehu­di Mercado
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Poet­ry
Impos­si­ble Belonging
Maya Pindy­ck
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