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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Bar Mitz­vah Dis­co: The Music May Have Stopped, But the Par­ty’s Nev­er Over
Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll, Jules Shell
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Not the Israel My Par­ents Promised Me
Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman
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Jour­ney to Heav­en: Explor­ing Jew­ish Views of the Afterlife
Leila Leah Bronner
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The Com­ing of Lilith: Essays on Fem­i­nism, Judaism, and Sex­u­al Ethics, 1972 – 2003
Judith Plaskow, Donna Berman, eds.
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Car­ing: A Jew­ish Guide to Caregiving
Naomi Brudner
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Mar­riage, Sex, and Fam­i­ly in Judaism
Michael Broyde, Editor
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Oblig­ed by Mem­o­ry: Lit­er­a­ture, Reli­gion, Ethics
Steven T. Katz; Alan Rosen, eds.
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Nana Lena’s Kitchen: Recipes for Life
Amy Ostrower
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Where God Was Born
Bruce Feiler
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Bar Mitz­vah: A Guide to Spir­i­tu­al Growth
Marc-Alain Ouaknin, Francoise-Anne Menager
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Hag­gadah and History
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
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Adven­tures in Yid­dish­land: Postver­nac­u­lar Lan­guage and Culture
Jeffrey Shandler
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Mitz­vah Sto­ries: Seeds for Inspi­ra­tion and Learning
Goldie Milgram and Ellen Frankel, eds.
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Stand­ing With Israel: Why Chris­tians Sup­port the Jew­ish State
David Brog
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Arguably: Essays
Christopher Hitchens
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We’re Miss­ing The Point:What’s Wrong With The Ortho­dox Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty And How to Fix it
Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein
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