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Contemporary Jewish Life

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Empow­ered Judaism: What Inde­pen­dent Minyan­im Can Teach Us about Build­ing Vibrant Jew­ish Communities
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer
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Beyond the Melt­ing Pot: Jew­ish Life and Learn­ing at the Turn of the Century
Dr. Alvin I. Schiff
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Con­science: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
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Iphi­ge­nia in For­est Hills: Anato­my of a Murder
Janet Malcolm
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Believ­er, Beware: First-Per­son Dis­patch­es from the Mar­gins of Faith
Jeff Sharlet, Peter Manseau and the editors of Killing the Buddha, eds.
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Have a Lit­tle Faith: A True Story
Mitch Albom
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Break­ing the Silence: Sex­u­al Abuse in the Jew­ish Community
David Mandel and David Pelcovitz, eds.
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Far from Zion: In Search of a Glob­al Jew­ish Community
Charles Lon­don
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The Bible Now
Richard Elliott Friedman and Shawna Dolansky
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What We Brought Back: Jew­ish Life After Birthright- Reflec­tions by Alum­ni of Taglit-Birthright Israel Trips
Wayne Hoff­man
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A Knit­ter’s Home Com­pan­ion: A Heart­warm­ing Col­lec­tion of Sto­ries, Pat­terns, and Recipes
Michelle Edwards; Jen Gotch, photographs
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Heal­ing from Despair: Choos­ing Whole­ness in a Bro­ken World
Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz
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Stand­ing By: The Mak­ing of an Amer­i­can Mil­i­tary Fam­i­ly in a Time of War
Ali­son Buckholtz
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Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Sto­ry­telling Collection
Shana Liebman, ed.
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Reform Respon­sa for the Twen­ty-First Century
Mark Washofsky, ed.
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Tur­bu­lent Times: The British Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty Today
Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley
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