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    The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World 
    Jonathan Freed­land
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    On Repen­tance And Repair: Mak­ing Amends in an Unapolo­getic World
    Danya Rut­ten­berg
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    Julia Merberg; Georgia Rucker, illus.
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    Blacks and Jews in Amer­i­ca: An Invi­ta­tion to Dialogue
    Terrence L. Johnson; Jacques Berlinerblau
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    Fear and Oth­er Stories
    Chana Blankshteyn, Anita Norch (Translator)
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    Lily’s Promise: Hold­ing On to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond―A Sto­ry for All Generations
    Lily Ebert, Dov Forman
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    Arthur Szyk Pre­served: Insti­tu­tion­al Col­lec­tions of Orig­i­nal Art
    Irvin Ungar and Samantha Lyons, eds.; 
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    It Could Hap­pen Here: Why Amer­i­ca Is Tip­ping From Hate To The Unthink­able And How We Can Stop It 
    Jonathan Green­blatt
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