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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Judaism and Homo­sex­u­al­i­ty: An Authen­tic Ortho­dox View
Chaim Rapoport
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Bal­anc­ing on the Mechitza: Trans­gen­der in Jew­ish Community
Noach Dzmura, ed.
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Twen­ty Things for Grand­par­ents of Inter­faith Grand­chil­dren to Do (And Not Do) to Nur­ture Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Their Grandchildren
Rabbi Kerry Olitzky and Paul Golin
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Tough Ques­tions Jews Ask: A Young Adults Guide to Build­ing a Jew­ish Life
Rabbi Edward Feinstein
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The Big Jew­ish Book for Jews: Every­thing You Need to Know to Be a Real­ly Jew­ish Jew
Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman
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Repen­tance: The Mean­ing and Prac­tice of Teshuvah
Dr. Louis E. Newman
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Life, Love, Lox: Real-world Advice for the Mod­ern Jew­ish Girl
Carin Davis
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Who by Fire, Who by Water: Un’­Tanch Tokef
Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD, ed.
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Busi­ness Men­sch: Tire­less Wis­dom for Today’s Entrepreneur
Noah Alper with Thomas Fields-Meyer
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Jew­ish U: A Con­tem­po­rary Guide for the Jew­ish Col­lege Stu­dent, Revised Edition
Scott Aaron; Wayne L. Firestone, fwd.
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The Bless­ing of a B Minus: Using Jew­ish Teach­ings to Raise Resilient Teenagers
Wendy Mogel
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Chil­dren’s
Col­lege Knowl­edge for the Jew­ish Stu­dent: 101 Tips
David Schoem
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Starv­ing Souls: A Spir­i­tu­al Guide to Under­stand­ing Eat­ing Dis­or­ders — Anorex­ia, Bulim­ia, Binging…
Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser
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The Cho­sen Peo­ples: Amer­i­ca, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election
Todd Gitlin and Liel Leibovitz
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Mitz­vah Girls: Bring­ing Up The Next Gen­er­a­tion of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn
Ayala Fader
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Rein­vent­ing Rit­u­al: Con­tem­po­rary Art and Design for Jew­ish Life
Daniel Belasco
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