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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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Visu­al Arts
Jew­ish Trea­sures from Oxford Libraries
Edited by Rebecca Abrams and Cesar Merchan-Hamann
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Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Amer­i­can Art: A Gold­en Age Since the 1970’s
Matthew Baigell
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The Bib­li­cal Hero: Por­traits in Nobil­i­ty and Fallibility
Elliot Rabin
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Four Rab­bis at Lunch: Can­did Con­ver­sa­tions Among Amer­i­can Clergy
Dov Peretz Elkins
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The Jews of Eigh­teenth-Cen­tu­ry Jamaica: A Tes­ta­men­tary His­to­ry of a Dias­po­ra in Transition
Stan­ley Mirvis
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Hid­den Heretics: Jew­ish Doubt in a Dig­i­tal Age
Ayala Fad­er
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The Art of the Jew­ish Fam­i­ly: A His­to­ry of Women in Ear­ly New York in Five Objects
Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
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Ani Maamin: Bib­li­cal Crit­i­cism, His­tor­i­cal Truth and the Thir­teen Prin­ci­ples of Faith
Joshua Berman
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The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue
Mari­na Rustow
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Authen­ti­cal­ly Ortho­dox: A Tra­di­tion-Bound Faith in Amer­i­can Life
Zev Eleff
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Open Your Hand: Teach­ing as a Jew, Teach­ing as an American
Ilana M. Blumberg
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When Chris­tians Were Jews: The First Generation
Paula Fredriksen
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The Rabbi’s Brain: Mys­tics, Mod­erns and the Sci­ence of Jew­ish Thinking
Dr. Andrew Newberg & Dr. David Halpern
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Menasseh ben Israel: Rab­bi of Amsterdam
Steven Nadler
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Mar­galit Fox

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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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