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Excerpt: The 12th Commandment

Daniel Tor­day
January 16, 2023
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Chil­dren’s
Where You’ve Got to Be
Car­o­line Gertler
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Non­fic­tion
A Bril­liant Com­mod­i­ty: Dia­monds and Jews in a Mod­ern Setting
Saskia Coenen Snyder
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Excerpt: The New Yorkers

Sam Roberts
December 19, 2022
Cover of One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in the 1950's New York
Non­fic­tion
One-Legged Mon­goose: Secrets, Lega­cies, and Com­ing of Age in the 1950’s New York
Marc J. Straus
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Fic­tion
Mon­ster Club
Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel; Ronald Kurniawan, illus.
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Non­fic­tion
Penin­nah’s World: A Jew­ish Life in Stories 
Caren Schnur Neile
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Non­fic­tion
Florine Stet­theimer: A Biography
Bar­bara Bloemink
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Fic­tion
A Shoe Story
Jane L. Rosen
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Fic­tion
Mr. Per­fect on Paper
Jean Meltzer
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Non­fic­tion
Salo Baron: The Past and Future of Jew­ish Stud­ies in America
Rebecca Kobrin
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Non­fic­tion
Zabar’s: A Fam­i­ly Sto­ry, with Recipes
Lori Zabar
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Fic­tion
Shad­ows of Berlin: A Novel
David R. Gillham
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Mar­ti­nis, Mahjong, and Soul­mates: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Han­nah Orenstein

Simona Zaret­sky
June 6, 2022
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Cult Clas­sic
Sloane Crosley
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Sadie on a Plate
Aman­da Elliot
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