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Nonfiction The Last Letter: A Father’s Struggle, a Daughter’s Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust Karen Baum Gordon
Essay A Book Happened Around Me: Writing ‘These Are the Developments of the Human’ Ethan Daniel Davidson December 19, 2021
Nonfiction The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World’s Greatest City Sam Roberts
Nonfiction A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg Nathaniel Deutsch, Michael Casper
Nonfiction Filled with Fire and Light: Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World Elie Wiesel, Alan Rosen (Editor)
Nonfiction What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?: Discover a Life Filled with Purpose and Joy Through the Secrets of Jewish Wisdom Michal Oshman
Nonfiction Coming to Terms with America: Essays on Jewish History, Religion, and Culture Jonathan D. Sarna
Interview Digging through the Past: A Conversation with Rutu Modan Tahneer Oksman December 6, 2021
Essay ‘You Mean Superstitions?’: Exploring the Customs of Orthodox Jewish Women Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz November 22, 2021
Nonfiction The Angel and the Cholent: Food Representation from the Israel Folktale Archives Idit Pintel-Ginsberg