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Nonfiction Lily’s Promise: Holding On to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond―A Story for All Generations Lily Ebert, Dov Forman
Fiction Planting Friendship: Peace, Salaam, Shalom Callie Metler, Melissa Stoller, Kate Talbot (Illustrator)
Essay Untold Stories of the Doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto Maria Ciesielska, Luc Albinski April 18, 2022
Nonfiction Titan of Tehran: From Jewish Ghetto to Corporate Colossus to Firing Squad – My Grandfather’s Life Shahrzad Elghanayan
Children’s Tía Fortuna’s New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey Ruth Behar; Devon Holzwarth, illus.
Essay Murder and Memory: Unraveling the Mystery of my Great-Grandmother’s Death Wayne Hoffman February 14, 2022
Excerpt Excerpt: I’d Like to Say Sorry, but There’s No One to Say Sorry To Mikołaj Grynberg, Sean Gasper Bye February 9, 2022