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Stu­art Halpern

Dr. Stu Halpern is Senior Advi­sor to the Provost of Yeshi­va Uni­ver­si­ty. He has edit­ed or coedit­ed 17 books, includ­ing Torah and West­ern Thought: Intel­lec­tu­al Por­traits of Ortho­doxy and Moder­ni­ty and Books of the Peo­ple: Revis­it­ing Clas­sic Works of Jew­ish Thought, and has lec­tured in syn­a­gogues, Hil­lels and adult Jew­ish edu­ca­tion­al set­tings across the U.S.

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The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History
Nir Ariel­li
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The Civ­il War Diary of Emma Mordecai
Dianne Ash­ton
Melis­sa R. Klapper
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A Promised Land: Jew­ish Patri­ots, the Amer­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion, and the Birth of Reli­gious Freedom
Adam Jort­ner
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Between the Bridge and the Bar­ri­cade: Jew­ish Trans­la­tion in Ear­ly Mod­ern Europe
Iris Idel­son-Shein
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Chaim Weiz­mann: A Biography
Jehuda Reinharz and Motti Golani; Haim Watzman, trans.
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The Guide to the Per­plexed: A New Translation
Moses Maimonides; Lenn E. Goodman and Phillip I. Lieberman, trans.
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A Guide to The Guide to the Per­plexed: A Reader’s Com­pan­ion to Mai­monides’ Masterwork
Lenn E. Goodman
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The Jew­ish Body: A History
Robert Jütte, Elizabeth Bredeck (Translator)
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The Amer­i­can Jew­ish Phil­an­thropic Com­plex: The His­to­ry of a Multi­bil­lion-Dol­lar Institution
Lila Cor­win Berman
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Esther’s Mag­i­cal Mys­tery Torah
Rabbi Jonathan Leener, Jessica Tamar Deutsch (illus.)
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Amer­i­can Jew­ish Thought Since 1934: Writ­ings on Iden­ti­ty, Engage­ment, and Belief
Edited by Michael Marmur and David Ellenson 
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When Rab­bis Bless Con­gress: The Great Amer­i­can Sto­ry of Jew­ish Prayers on Capi­tol Hill
Howard Mort­man
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Judaism for the World: Reflec­tions on God, Life, and Love
Arthur Green
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Think­ing about the Prophets: A Philoso­pher Reads the Bible
Ken­neth Seeskin
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What Are Jews For? His­to­ry, Peo­ple­hood, and Purpose
Adam Sut­cliffe

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The Promise of Lib­er­ty: A Passover Haggada
Stu­art Halpern
Jacob Kupi­et­zky
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Esther in America
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)
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Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth
Stu­art Halpern
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Exo­dus and Amer­i­can His­to­ry: ​“The Promise of Liberty”

Stu­art Halpern, Jacob Kupi­et­zky
April 15, 2024
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Excerpt: Esther in America

Stu­art Halpern
February 22, 2021
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Excerpt — Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth

A pre-Shavuot read

Stu­art Halpern
May 31, 2019

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