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immigration

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Non­fic­tion
Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald
Carole Angier
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Fic­tion
The Wood­carver’s Daughter
Yona Zeldis McDonough, Kaja Kajfez (Illustrator)
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Paint­ing His­to­ry: Sto­ries of Jew­ish Art

Charles Dell­heim
September 13, 2021
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Fic­tion
Jacob and the Man­dolin Adventure
Anne Dublin
From the Journal

Hunger

Qian Julie Wang
September 10, 2021
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Fic­tion
Fan­ny and Gabriel
Nava Semel
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Fic­tion
Fire in the Springs: A Tale of Star-Crossed Immigrants
Lisa Schliff
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Fic­tion
The Immi­grant
Fred­er­ic Petrovsky
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Geneal­o­gy of a Mur­der: Four Gen­er­a­tions, Three Fam­i­lies, One Fate­ful Night
Lisa Belkin
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I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Oth­er Immi­grant Tales): Notes From a Sovi­et Girl on Becom­ing an Amer­i­can Woman
Margarita Gokun Silver
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Liv’s Secrets
Janet Levine
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Not From Here: The Song of America
Leah Lax
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Bessie: A Novel
Lin­da Kass
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The Fox­tail Legacy
David Abro­mowitz
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Bab­ka, Boulou, & Blintzes: Jew­ish Choco­late Recipes from around the World
Michael Lev­en­thal
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Excerpt: My Father’s Drawing

Mindy Weisel
August 23, 2021
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