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    Andrew Blauner, ed.
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    Leah Hager Cohen
    May 20, 2024
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    Daphne Merkin
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    Rachel Gor­dan
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    Yardenne Greenspan
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    Writ­ings on Yid­dish and Yid­dishkayt: The War Years, 1939 – 1945
    Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, trans.
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    Bert Mey­ers: On the Life and Work of an Amer­i­can Master
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    Lau­ren Grodstein
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    The For­got­ten Singer: The Exiled Sis­ter of I.J. and Isaac Bashe­vis Singer
    Mau­rice Carr
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