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Contemporary Jewish Life

Cover of Bread and Fire: Jewish Women Find God in the Everyday
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Bread and Fire: Jew­ish Women Find God in the Everyday
Rivkah Slonim, ed.; Liz Rosenberg, consulting ed.
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Tak­ing the Plunge: A Prac­ti­cal and Spir­i­tu­al Guide to the Mikveh
Miriam C. Berkowitz
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Women Remak­ing Amer­i­can Judaism
Riv-Ellen Prell, ed.; David Weinberg, fwd.
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Jews and Europe in the Twen­ty-First Cen­tu­ry: Think­ing Jewish
Nick Lambert; David Cesarani, fwd.
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Star­ing at the Sun: Over­com­ing the Ter­ror of Death
Irvin D. Yalom
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The Home We Build Togeth­er: Recre­at­ing Society
Jonathan Sacks
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What­ev­er It Is, I Don’t Like It
Howard Jacob­son
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Crav­ing the Divine: A Spir­i­tu­al Guide for Today’s Perplexed
Niles Elliot Goldstein
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Rejoice in Your Fes­ti­vals: Pen­e­trat­ing Insights Into Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot
Rabbi Zvi Dov Kanatopsky; David A. Zomick, ed.
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For the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book
Ali­cia Ostriker
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The Catholic Church and the Jew­ish Peo­ple: Recent Reflec­tions from Rome
Philip A. Cunningham, Norbert J. Hofmann, and Joseph Sievers, eds.
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Bar Mitz­vah, Bat Mitz­vah: The Cer­e­mo­ny, the Par­ty, and How the Day Came to Be
Bert Metter; Joan Reilly, illus.
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Redemp­tions: Con­tem­po­rary Chas­sidic Essays on the Par­sha and the Festivals
Rabbi Zvi Leshem
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Judaism in Con­tem­po­rary Context
Jacob Neusner
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Rather Laugh Than Cry: Sto­ries From a Has­sidic Household
Malka Zipora
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Hap­pi­ness and the Human Spirit
Abraham J. Twerski
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