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Cover of Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery
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Fear No Pharaoh: Amer­i­can Jews, the Civ­il War, and the Fight to End Slavery
Richard Kre­it­ner
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Dianne Ash­ton
Melis­sa R. Klapper
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Lib­er­ty Street: A Savan­nah Fam­i­ly, Its Gold­en Boy, and the Civ­il War
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In the Shad­ow of the Greenbrier
Emi­ly Matchar
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Grow­ing up Jew­ish in the South

Emi­ly Matchar
April 1, 2024
Cover of Kugels & Collards: Stories of Food, Family, and Tradition in Jewish South Carolina
Cook­book
Kugels & Col­lards: Sto­ries of Food, Fam­i­ly, and Tra­di­tion in Jew­ish South Carolina
Rachel Gordin Barnett
Lyssa Klig­man Harvey
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Spell­book for the Sab­bath Queen
Eli­she­va Fox
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Eight Dates and Nights: A Hanukkah Romance
Bet­sy Aldredge
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Women and the South Car­oli­na Jew­ish Table

Rachel Gordin Barnett, Lyssa Klig­man Harvey
September 18, 2023
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Love Let­ter From Pig: My Broth­er’s Sto­ry of Free­dom Summer
Julie Kabat
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How to Become an Amer­i­can: A His­to­ry of Immi­gra­tion, Assim­i­la­tion, and Loneliness
Daniel Wolff
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The In-Betweens: A Lyri­cal Memoir
Davon Loeb
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