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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Kosher: Pri­vate Reg­u­la­tion in the Age of Indus­tri­al Food
Tim­o­thy D. Lytton
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Walk­ing on Eggshells: Nav­i­gat­ing the Del­i­cate Rela­tion­ship Between Adult Chil­dren and Parents
Jane Isay
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The Beg­gar King and the Secret of Hap­pi­ness: A True Story
Joel Ben Izzy
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Fugi­tive Pieces
Anne Michaels
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Hel­lo Mud­dah, Hel­lo Fad­dah: A Let­ter from Camp
Allan Sherman, Lou Busch, Jack E. Davis (Illus.)
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The Art of Doing Good: Where Pas­sion Meets Action
Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon with John Sedgwick
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Dou­blelife: One Fam­i­ly, Two Faiths and a Jour­ney of Hope
Harold Berman and Gayle Redling­shafer Berman
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Judaism: All That Matters
Keith Kahn-Harris
Cover of Chesed Shel Emet: The Truest Act of Kindness, Exploring the Meaning of Taharah
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Chesed Shel Emet: The Truest Act of Kind­ness, Explor­ing the Mean­ing of Taharah
Rabbi Stuart Kelman and Dan Fendel
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God, Jews and the Media: Reli­gion and Israel’s Media
Yoel Cohen
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Return: Dai­ly Inspi­ra­tion for the Days of Awe
Erica Brown
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My Life in Jew­ish Renew­al: A Memoir
Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi with Edward Hoffman
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Jews of Nige­ria: An Afro-Juda­ic Odyssey
William F.S. Miles
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Hap­pi­er End­ings: A Med­i­ta­tion on Life and Death
Erica Brown
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Amer­i­can Moses
Stephen Witt
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Jew­ish Mega­trends: Chart­ing the Course of the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Future
Rabbi Sidney Schwarz
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