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Chil­dren’s
Jel­la Lep­man and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Res­cued a Gen­er­a­tion of Chil­dren and Found­ed the World’s Largest Children’s Library
Katherine Paterson; Sally Deng, illus.
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The Mag­ic of Our Cul­ture: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Cas­san­dra Clare

Simona Zaret­sky
March 3, 2025
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Points of Con­nec­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Tali Rosen­blatt Cohen of THE FIVE BOOKS

Car­ol Kaufman
December 3, 2024
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The Librar­i­an of Auschwitz: The Graph­ic Novel
Salva Rubio; Loreto Aroca, illus.
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The Object of Jew­ish Lit­er­a­ture: A Mate­r­i­al History
Bar­bara E. Mann
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Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashe­vis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer; David Stromberg, ed.
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In the Pres­ence of Books

Jeff Deutsch
March 28, 2022
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Joshua Mikutis
February 16, 2022
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What Kind of a Name is Osnos?

Peter Osnos
August 30, 2021
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Sholom Ale­ichem’s Long-Lost Novel

Curt Leviant
August 23, 2021
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Rev­e­la­tion

Eve Gru­bin
August 2, 2021
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JBC Book­shelf: Sum­mer Read­ing 2021

Simona Zaret­sky
June 14, 2021
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Find­ing Oth­er Jew­ish Les­bians in Books

Gabrielle Korn
June 3, 2021
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The Silent Toil­ers Are No Longer Silent

Alex­is Landau
March 15, 2021
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2020 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Winners

JBC Staff
January 27, 2021
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