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Modern Jewish Thought

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Leav­ing Zion: Jew­ish Emi­gra­tion from Pales­tine and Israel after World War II
Ori Yehu­dai
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Rab­bi Leo Baeck: Liv­ing a Reli­gious Imper­a­tive in Trou­bled Times
Michael A. Meyer
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Friend­ly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Ene­my and the Hope for Its Future
Ami Ayalon
Essay

Writ­ing Your Reli­gion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sarah Hurwitz

Deb­o­rah Miller
December 16, 2019
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Chil­dren’s
The Sages of Chelm and the Moon
Shlomo Abas (auth.), Omer Hoffmann (illus.)
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Embrac­ing Auschwitz: Forg­ing a Vibrant Life-Affirm­ing Judaism that Takes the Holo­caust Seriously
Joshua Ham­mer­man
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A Hun­dred Acres of Amer­i­ca: The Geog­ra­phy of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Lit­er­ary History
Michael Hober­man
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We Stand Divid­ed: The Rift Between Amer­i­can Jews and Israel
Daniel Gordis
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Who Wants to Be A Jew­ish Writer?: And Oth­er Essays
Adam Kirsch
Interview

Meet Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Win­ner Alan L. Mittleman

JBC Staff
February 23, 2019
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Return and Renew­al: Reflec­tions on Teshu­va and Spir­i­tu­al Growth
Aharon Lichtenstein
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In Good Faith: Ques­tion­ing Reli­gion and Atheism
Scott A. Shay
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A Torah Giant: The Intel­lec­tu­al Lega­cy of Rab­bi Dr. Irv­ing (Yitz) Greenberg
Shmuly Yanklowitz, ed.
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Long­ing: Jew­ish Med­i­ta­tions on a Hid­den God
Justin David
Essay

A New Look at the Prophets

Rab­bi Bar­ry L. Schwartz
March 23, 2018
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Pious Irrev­er­ence: Con­fronting God in Rab­binic Judaism
Dov Weiss
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