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    Cover of A Village Named Dowgalishok: The Massacre at Radon and Eishishok
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    A Vil­lage Named Dow­gal­ishok: The Mas­sacre at Radon and Eishishok
    Avraham Aviel; Atalya Broide, trans.
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    When Grownups Play at War: A Child’s Memoir
    Ilona Flutsztein-Gruda; Sarah Cummins, trans
    Cover of Mendel's Daughter: A Memoir
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    Mendel’s Daugh­ter: A Memoir
    Gusta Lemelman; Martin Lemelman
    Cover of One Who Came Back: The Diary of a Jewish Survivor
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    One Who Came Back: The Diary of a Jew­ish Survivor
    Joseph Katz; Hilda Reach, trans.; Foreword by Herman Taube
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    Crap at My Par­ents’ House
    Joel Dovev
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    Reboot­ing in Bev­er­ly Hills
    Mar­cy Miller
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    The Watch­mak­er’s Daughter
    Sonia Taitz
    Cover of Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad
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    Dan Gets a Mini­van: Life at the Inter­sec­tion of Dude and Dad
    Dan Zevin
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    Up All Night: My Life and Times in Rock Radio
    Carol Miller
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    I Suck at Girls
    Justin Halpern
    Cover of Whatever is Contained Must Be Released: My Jewish Orthodox Girlhood, My Life as a Feminist Artist
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    What­ev­er is Con­tained Must Be Released: My Jew­ish Ortho­dox Girl­hood, My Life as a Fem­i­nist Artist
    Helène Aylon
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    The Bar Mitz­vah and The Beast: One Fam­i­ly’s Cross-Coun­try Ride of Pas­sage by Bike
    Matt Biers-Ariel
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    Odd­ly Nor­mal: One Fam­i­ly’s Strug­gle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality
    John Schwartz
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    Be the Hero of Your Story
    Richard Krevolin and Eliana Barbosa
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    Oy! Only Six? Why Not More? Six-Word Mem­oirs on Jew­ish Life
    Lar­ry Smith
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    And the Bridge is Love
    Faye Moskowitz
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