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Books The Lublin Yeshiva Library was thought to be destroyed by the Nazis. Then its books started turning up.
A dogged researcher has so far identified 800 surviving books from a library thought burned during the Holocaust
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Books And the winners of the 73rd National Jewish Book Awards are…
Jeremy Eichler’s “Time’s Echo” and James McBride’s “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” were among the winners of National Jewish Book Awards for 2023
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Books Auschwitz would seem an unlikely backdrop for a love affair, yet this is a true story
Keren Blankfeld's 'Lovers in Auschwitz' tells of the relationship between David Wisnia and Helen Spitzer
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Books Picture book about family that celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year nabs top Sydney Taylor Jewish children’s book award
A Holocaust novel, a middle-grades story about an Orthodox girl and the publisher of the Sammy Spider series also got awards from the Association of Jewish Libraries
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Books This novel is a glowing portrayal of Israel’s early days. Now it’s being ‘review-bombed’ on Goodreads
Author Talia Carner condemned critics who described her forthcoming novel, 'The Boy With the Star Tattoo,' as Israeli 'propaganda' — but she agrees that she's written a Zionist book
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Books Anne Frank’s diary, ‘Schindler’s List’ among titles at center of major Florida book-ban lawsuit
The illustrated version of the diary has faced challenges, but Escambia County is the first known to pull the original diary
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Books Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law
Iowa’s Republican governor signed the bill into law last year along with other culture-war legislation targeting transgender athletes and student pronouns in schools
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Books How did this feisty and ferocious Jewish-American writer fall so far into obscurity?
Mike Gold, author of 'Jews Without Money,' was an uncompromising leftist who epitomized the idea of a proletarian writer
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Opinion Christmukkah is old news. This year, try merging Hanukkah with an ancient Persian holiday
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