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refugees

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Fic­tion
The Star on the Grave
Lin­da Mar­golin Royal
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Chil­dren’s
Inter­rupt­ed Lives: Nine Sto­ries of Child Sur­vivors of the Holocaust
Aman­da Friedeman
Kel­ley Szany
Cover of Saints and Liars: The Story of Americans Who Saved Refugees from the Nazis
Non­fic­tion
Saints and Liars: The Sto­ry of Amer­i­cans Who Saved Refugees from the Nazis
Debórah Dwork
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Fic­tion
Hill of Secrets
Gali­na Vromen
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Fic­tion
The Time Keepers
Alyson Rich­man
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Poet­ry
Soul House
Mireille Gansel; Joan Seliger Sidney, trans.
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Non­fic­tion
Replay: Mem­oir of an Uproot­ed Family
Jor­dan Mechner
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Fic­tion
Vic­to­ry Parade
Leela Cor­man
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Non­fic­tion
Stranger in the Desert: A Fam­i­ly Story
Jor­dan Salama
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Non­fic­tion
The Last Ships from Ham­burg: Busi­ness, Rival­ry, and the Race to Save Rus­si­a’s Jews on the Eve of World War I
Steven Uji­fusa
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The Jew­ish Under­ground of Samarkand: How Faith Defied Sovi­et Rule
Hil­lel Zaltzman
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Chil­dren’s
Noth­ing Could Stop Her: The Coura­geous Life of Ruth Gruber
Rona Arato; Isabel Muñoz, illus.
Cover of Professor Schiff's Guilt
Fic­tion
Pro­fes­sor Schif­f’s Guilt
Agur Schiff; Jessica Cohen, trans.
Essay

The Rel­e­vance of Ruth to Shavuot

Ilana Pardes
May 19, 2023
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Non­fic­tion
Speak­ing Yid­dish to Chick­ens: Holo­caust Sur­vivors on South Jer­sey Poul­try Farms
Seth Stern
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Night Angels
Weina Dai Randel
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