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Contemporary Jewish Life

Cover of My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith
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My Jesus Year: A Rab­bi’s Son Wan­ders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith
Benyamin Cohen
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The Col­ors of Jews: Racial Pol­i­tics and Rad­i­cal Diasporism
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
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Peace Meals: Can­dy-Wrapped Kalash­nikovs and Oth­er War Stories
Anna Badkhen
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In the Long Run: A Father, a Son, and Unin­ten­tion­al Lessons in Happiness
Jim Axelrod
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Life of the Par­ty: A Polit­i­cal Press Tart Bares All
Lisa Baron
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Blas­phe­my: How the Reli­gious Right is Hijack­ing Our Dec­la­ra­tion of Independence
Alan Der­showitz
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Jews and Judaism in the 21st Century
Edward Feinstein, ed.
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What We Now Know About Jew­ish Edu­ca­tion: Per­spec­tives on Research for Practice
Robert Louis Goodman, Paul Flexner, and Linda Dale Bloomberg, eds.
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Cel­e­brat­ing the Jew­ish Year: The Spring and Sum­mer Holidays
Paul Steinberg; Janet Greenstein Potter, ed.
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Bad Moth­er: A Chron­i­cle of Mater­nal Crimes, Minor Calami­ties, and Occa­sion­al Moments of Grace
Ayelet Wald­man
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Chick­en Soup for the Jew­ish Soul
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, eds.
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Dig­ni­ty Beyond Death: The Jew­ish Prepa­ra­tion for Burial
Rochel U. Berman; Rabbi Irving Greenberg, fwd.
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Chris­tians & Jews in Dia­logue: Learn­ing in the Pres­ence of the Other
Mary C. Boys; Sara S. Lee
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The Chang­ing Face of Anti-Semi­tism: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
Walter Laqueur
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God’s To-Do List: 103 Ways to be an Angel and do God’s Work on Earth
Dr. Ron Wolfson
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Over­com­ing Life’s Disappointments
Harold S. Kushner
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