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    Historical Fiction

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    Kün­stlers in Paradise
    Cath­leen Schine
    Essay

    The Blue Book: Rean­i­mat­ing Jew­ish New Orleans Through Fiction

    Kit­ty Zeldis
    February 20, 2023
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    The Dress­mak­ers of Prospect Heights
    Kit­ty Zeldis
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    The Red Balcony
    Jonathan Wil­son
    Interview

    Gen­der and Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty as Part of the Recipe: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Jen­nieke Cohen

    Emi­ly Schneider
    February 9, 2023
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    Code Name Sapphire
    Pam Jenoff
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    The Boy Behind the Door: How Salomon Kool Escaped the Nazis
    David Tabatsky
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    Cra­dles of the Reich: A Novel
    Jen­nifer Coburn
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    The Night Travelers
    Arman­do Lucas Correa
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    The Boston Choco­late Party
    Tami Lehman-Wilzig
    Deb­o­rah R. Prinz
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    The Vil­lage Idiot
    Steve Stern
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    This Rebel Heart
    Kather­ine Locke
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    Heather Camlot; Sophie Casson, illus. 
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    The Antiphonary of Love: The Call of the Scroll
    Jacque­line Semha Gmach
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    Kristin Beck
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