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Reviewer: Justine Pas Title: Portraits in Literature: The Jews of Poland: An Anthology Author: Hava Bromberg Ben-Zvi, ed.   Reviewer: Gina Petonito Title: The First to Cry Down Injustice?: Western Jews and Japanese Removal During WWII Author: Ellen Eisenberg   Reviewer: Irven Resnick Title: Foreigners and Their Food: Constructing Otherness in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Law Author: David M. Freidenreich

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