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JL;DR SUMMARY Moment's Summer Reading Guide presents a diverse selection of Jewish-themed books, spanning genres from mystery and biography to historical fiction and inspirational memoirs. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FamilyHolocaustJewish IdentityWwiiJewish WomenRuth Bader GinsburgEthicsTova MirvisCultural ResilienceSummer Reading

Places mentioned

Florida, United States
"Inspired by a true-crime story, We Would Never is the story of a close-knit Florida family"
Germany
"He was captured after his plane was shot down over Germany on mission number 40."
Thailand
"Determined to honor her sibling, she takes his dream trip to Thailandonly to be pestered on the beach by a hunky, dreadlocked Israeli intellectual."
Ukraine
"Investigation into 20th-century pogroms has refocused the beginning of the Holocaust. The pogroms, 1918-1921, normalized the massacre of Jews, paving the way for future atrocities. Twenty years later, at the behest of the Nazi regime, Ukrainians stepped forward"
Antwerp, Belgium
"Schiff was a teenager when Nazis deported his family to Auschwitz from Antwerp, Belgium"
Far Rockaway, New York, United States
"Felice and Ira Zaslows love story spanned almost four decades, from the beaches of Far Rockaway to a comfortable suburban existence on the south shore of Long Island."
Long Island, New York, United States
"Felice and Ira Zaslows love story spanned almost four decades, from the beaches of Far Rockaway to a comfortable suburban existence on the south shore of Long Island."
New York, United States
"In Between These Walls, Newman delivers a multi-layered historical saga centered on New York Jewish art curator Daniel Singer"

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