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    Cover of Won't Be Silent - Don't Stop 'til It Matters: Embracing my superpowers of humor and optimism to survive being second-generation Holocaust, coming out, addiction, and endless unbelievable obstacles
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    Won’t Be Silent — Don’t Stop ​’til It Mat­ters: Embrac­ing my super­pow­ers of humor and opti­mism to sur­vive being sec­ond-gen­er­a­tion Holo­caust, com­ing out, addic­tion, and end­less unbe­liev­able obstacles
    Abe Gurko
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    3…2…1…We’re On The Air: A Net­work Pro­duc­er’s Inside Look at Sports, Tele­vi­sion, Jour­nal­ism, and Gen­der Equity
    Robert Ste­in­feld
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    Out There: A Mem­oir of an Israeli soldier
    Omri Ginzburg
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    Evitch­ka: A True Sto­ry of Sur­vival, Hope and Love
    Lawrence P. Levitt
    Stephanie Smartschan
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    A Tourist From Petach Tik­va: Grow­ing Up Along­side the Cre­ation of the State of Israel
    Aubrey Kagan
    Cover of The Last Year of My Life: Ten Leadership Tools That Transformed a Deadly Diagnosis into a Path of Renewal
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    The Last Year of My Life: Ten Lead­er­ship Tools That Trans­formed a Dead­ly Diag­no­sis into a Path of Renewal
    Eeki Elner
    Joshua T. Adams
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    Heart. Soul. Pen.: Find Your Voice on the Page and In Your Life
    Robin Finn
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    Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holo­caust, Once Removed
    Mar­sha Lederman
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    Sum­mons to Berlin: Nazi Theft and A Daugh­ter’s Quest for Justice
    Joanne Intra­tor
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    Teach­ers: The Ones I Can’t Forget
    Mar­tin Fletcher
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    Excerpt: We Are On Our Own

    Miri­am Katin
    July 17, 2023
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    Amer­i­can Born: An Immi­grant’s Sto­ry, a Daugh­ter’s Memoir
    Rachel M. Brownstein
    Cover of The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal
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    The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Sto­ry of Anne Frank, Her Silent Pro­tec­tor, and a Fam­i­ly Betrayal
    Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl
    Jeroen De Bruyn
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    Pray­ing with Jane Eyre: Reflec­tions on Read­ing as a Sacred Practice
    Vanessa Zoltan
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    The Diaries of Franz Kafka
    Franz Kafka; Ross Benjamin, trans.
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    The In-Betweens: A Lyri­cal Memoir
    Davon Loeb
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