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Esther David
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Mark Shulman, Kelly Tindall (Illustrator)
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Veera Hiranandani 
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Sean Vogel
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The Light of Days Young Read­ers’ Edi­tion: The Untold Sto­ry of Women Resis­tance Fight­ers in Hitler’s Ghettos
Judy Batal­ion
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The Choco­late King
Michael Leventhal, Laura Catalan (Illustrator)
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Mark Oppen­heimer

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Ashke­nazi Herbal­ism: Redis­cov­er­ing the Herbal Tra­di­tions of East­ern Euro­pean Jews
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Morn­ing­side Heights: A Novel
Joshua Henkin
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Kinga Júlia Király
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The Rab­bi Who Prayed with Fire
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