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    300 Ways to Ask the Four Ques­tions: From Zulu to Abkhaz
    Murray Spiegel and Rickey Stein
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    Old Lives and New: Sovi­et Immi­grants in Israel and America
    Edith Rogovin Frankel
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    Yoga Shalom
    Lisa Levine with Carol Krucoff
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    Hag­gadah Illuminated
    Even Caredio; Guglielomo Bigi Benajá, illus.
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    A Night to Remem­ber: The Hag­gadah of Con­tem­po­rary Voices
    Mishael Zion and Noam Zion; Michel Kichka, illus.
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    Half the House — My Life In and Out of Jerusalem
    Rachel Berghash
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    Oy Vey! Isn’t a Strat­e­gy: 25 Solu­tions for Per­son­al and Pro­fes­sion­al Success
    Deb­o­rah Grayson Riegel
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    Bro­ken Frag­ments: Jew­ish Expe­ri­ences of Alzheimer’s Dis­ease through Diag­no­sis, Adap­ta­tion, and Mov­ing On
    Dou­glas Kohn
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    Extra­Or­di­nary: An End of Life Sto­ry With­out End
    Michele Tamaren and Michael Wittner
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    Richard Codor­’s Joy­ous Hag­gadah: The Illu­mi­nat­ed Passover Story
    Richard and Liora Codor
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    Don’t Roll Your Eyes: Mak­ing Your In-Laws into Family
    Ruth Nem­zoff
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    Seek­ers of Mean­ing: Baby Boomers, Judaism, and the Pur­suit of Healthy Aging
    Richard Address
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    Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Rais­ing Con­fi­dent, Lov­ing Chil­dren the Attach­ment Par­ent­ing Way
    Mayim Bialik; Jay Gordon, intro.
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    Far From Zion: Jews, Dias­po­ra, Memory
    Jason Francisco
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    Reflec­tions of Prague: Jour­neys Through the 20th Century
    Ivan Margolius
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    Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
    Jack Kugelmass, ed.
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