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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
Jack Kugelmass, ed.
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Pesach For the Rest of Us: Mak­ing the Passover Seder Your Own
Marge Piercy
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The Art of Aging: A Doc­tor’s Pre­scrip­tion For Well-Being
Sherwin B. Nuland
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Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear States and Terrorism
Peter R. Beckman; William Paul Crumlish; Michael Dobkowski; Steven Lee
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Sex, God, Christ­mas and Jews: Inti­mate Emails About Faith and Life Challenges
Gil Mann
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Frag­ment­ed Fam­i­lies: Pat­terns of Estrange­ment and Reconciliation
Ellen B. Sucov
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Anti-Semi­tism Today: How It Is The Same, How It Is Dif­fer­ent, and How To Fight It
Kenneth S. Stern
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Wis­dom From the Bat­cave: How to Live a Super, Hero­ic Life
Cary A. Friedman
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Every­day Holi­ness: The Jew­ish Spir­i­tu­al Path of Mussar
Alan Mori­nis
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Peace Be Upon You: The Sto­ry of Mus­lim, Chris­t­ian and Jew­ish Coexistence
Zachary Karabell
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Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dis­likes America
Andrei S. Markovits
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The Mod­ern Jew­ish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat
Meredith L. Jacobs
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And God Cre­at­ed Hope: Find­ing Your Way Through Grief With Lessons From Ear­ly Bib­li­cal Stories
Mel Glazer
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From the Pro­to­cols of the Elders of Zion to Holo­caust Denial Tri­als: Chal­leng­ing the Media, Law and the Academy
Deborah R. Kaufman; Gerald Herman; James Ross; David Phillips, eds.
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New Amer­i­can Haggadah
Jonathan Safran Foer, ed.; Nathan Englander, trans.
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Man Seeks God: My Flir­ta­tions with the Divine
Eric Wein­er
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