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When Rab­bis Bless Con­gress: The Great Amer­i­can Sto­ry of Jew­ish Prayers on Capi­tol Hill
Howard Mort­man
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Moral­i­ty: Restor­ing the Com­mon Good in Divid­ed Times
Jonathan Sacks
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The Mur­der of Pro­fes­sor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vien­na Circle
David Edmonds
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The Beau­ty and the Ter­ror: An Alter­na­tive His­to­ry of the Ital­ian Renaissance
Cather­ine Fletcher
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From Left to Right…and Every­thing in Between: The Impor­tance of Jew­ish Polit­i­cal Diversity

Wednesday, January 6, 2021
12:30–1:30pm

Zoom

In part­ner­ship with Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, Natan Fund, and Shalom Hart­man Insti­tute of North America

Excerpt

Excerpt — The Jew­ish Intel­lec­tu­al Tra­di­tion: A His­to­ry of Learn­ing and Achievement 

Alan Kadish, Michael A. Shmidman, Sim­cha Fishbane
November 23, 2020
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‘Paths to For­give­ness’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Suzanne Nossel

Marc Katz
November 9, 2020
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Nev­er Alone
Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy
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The Pol­i­tics of Amer­i­can Jews
Her­bert F. Weisberg
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Announc­ing the Natan Notable Books Fall 2020 Winner

JBC Staff
October 27, 2020
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A Pas­sion For Israel: Adven­tures of a Sar-el Volunteer
Mark Wern­er
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Twelve Tribes: Promise and Per­il in the New Israel
Ethan Michaeli
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Girls with Bright Futures
Tra­cy Dobmeier
Wendy Katz­man
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A Descend­ing Spi­ral: Expos­ing the Death Penal­ty in 12 Essays
Marc Book­man
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What Does the Con­sti­tu­tion Say?: A Kid’s Guide to How Our Democ­ra­cy Works
Ben Shee­han
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Laugh­ing at Myself: My Edu­ca­tion in Con­gress, on the Farm, and at the Movies
Dan Glick­man
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