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Items with the category:

Modern Jewish Thought

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Buried Mem­o­ries of the Holo­caust in Italy

Fredric Brand­fon
May 8, 2023
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Britain’s Jews: Con­fi­dence, Matu­ri­ty, Anxiety
Har­ry Freedman
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Impos­si­ble Takes Longer: 75 Years After Its Cre­ation, Has Israel Ful­filled Its Founders’ Dreams?

Daniel Gordis
April 24, 2023
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Shab­bos: A Day to Cre­ate Your­self: Build­ing Char­ac­ter, Shap­ing Per­spec­tives, and Find­ing Hap­pi­ness through­out Shabbat
War­ren Goldstein
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De-Inte­grate!: A Jew­ish Sur­vival Guide for the 21st Century
Max Czollek; Jon Cho-Polizzi, trans.
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My Quar­rel With Hersh Rasseyner
Chaim Grade; Ruth Wisse, trans.
Poetry

Abel

Marisa Han­dler
October 31, 2022
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Pro­fes­sor Buber and His Cats
Susan Tar­cov
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The Dancer and the Dance: Essays on Skep­ti­cism and the Search for Meaning
Michael Wasser­man
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The Hid­den Order of Inti­ma­cy: Reflec­tions on the Book of Leviticus
Avi­vah Got­tlieb Zornberg
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On Repen­tance And Repair: Mak­ing Amends in an Unapolo­getic World
Danya Rut­ten­berg
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Sto­ries for the Sake of Argument
Abi Dauber Sterne; Robbie Gringras
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Dirshu­ni: Con­tem­po­rary Women’s Midrash
Tamar Biala, ed.
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Becom­ing Eli­jah: Prophet of Transformation
Daniel C. Matt
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Passover 5782/2022 Hag­gadah Roundup

Jonathan Fass
March 31, 2022
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Lib­er­al and Illib­er­al Arts: Essays (Most­ly Jewish)
Abraham Socher
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