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WHERE THE JEWS AREN’T by Masha Gessen

December 16, 2016

“THE WORST GOOD IDEA ever”—brilliant, cynical history of the USSR’s ill-fated Jewish Autonomous Region.

Grade: A MINUS

WHERE THE JEWS AREN'T: THE SAD AND ABSURD STORY OF BIROBIDZHAN, RUSSIA'S JEWISH AUTONOMOUS REGION
Knopf Doubleday
2016

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CUT ME LOOSE by Leah Vincent

April 16, 2014

THE HEARTBREAKS, EXHILARATIONS of one woman’s journey from an ultra-Orthodox childhood to a more secular life. B PLUS

CUT ME LOOSE : SIN AND SALVATION AFTER MY ULTRA-ORTHODOX GIRLHOOD
Nan A. Talese
2014

Grade: B PLUS

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JEWS AND BOOZE, by Marni Davis

July 13, 2012

OFFBEAT, ENTERTAINING SCHOLARLY study of the US Jewish community’s role in our alcohol industry and culture.

Grade: SOLID B

JEWS AND BOOZE: BECOMING AMERICAN IN THE AGE OF PROHIBITION
New York University Press
2012

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