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    Ritual & Practice

    Cover of The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice Their Religion Today
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    The New Amer­i­can Judaism: How Jews Prac­tice Their Reli­gion Today
    Jack Wertheimer
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    Chil­dren’s
    Light the Meno­rah!: A Hanukkah Handbook
    Jacqueline Jules; Kristina Swarner, illus.
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    Etrog: How a Chi­nese Fruit Became a Jew­ish Symbol
    David Z. Moster
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    The Cho­sen Wars: How Judaism Became an Amer­i­can Religion
    Steven R. Weisman
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    The Spir­i­tu­al Prac­tice of Good Actions
    Greg Mar­cus
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    If All the Seas Were Ink
    Ilana Kurshan Finalist for the 2018 Natan Book Award
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    The Hap­pi­ness Prayer
    Evan Moff­ic
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    Non­fic­tion
    Danc­ing With God
    Mark Hil­lel Kunis
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    Non­fic­tion
    Dic­tio­nary of Jewish
    David Kil­imnick
    Essay

    The Cut

    Ear­li­er this week, Eytan Bayme wrote about tast­ing Kornbluh’s track­le­ments for the first time and cel­e­brat­ing his third Christ­mas in Europe as an Amer­i­can Jew. Eytan…
    Eytan Bayme
    December 30, 2016
    Essay

    Korn­bluh’s Kosher Fish

    Ear­li­er this week, Eytan Bayme wrote about cel­e­brat­ing his third Christ­mas in Europe as an Amer­i­can Jew. Eytan is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week…
    Eytan Bayme
    December 28, 2016
    Essay

    The Chup­pah: What’s Hap­pen­ing Underneath?

    Rab­bi Lawrence Hajioff​’s new book, Will Jew Mar­ry Me? is a great selec­tion with the Jew­ish cel­e­bra­tion of Tu B’Av on the hori­zon. Rab­bi Hajioff is guest blog­ging…
    Lawrence Hajioff
    August 17, 2016
    Essay

    Would Tu B’Av Dat­ing Work Today?

    Rab­bi Lawrence Hajioff​’s new book, Will Jew Mar­ry Me? is a great selec­tion with the Jew­ish cel­e­bra­tion of Tu B’Av on the hori­zon. Rab­bi Hajioff is guest blog­ging…
    Lawrence Hajioff
    August 15, 2016
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    Cul­ture, Cus­toms and Cel­e­bra­tions in Israel
    Gil Zohar
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    Chil­dren’s
    Return­ing Home: Jour­neys To Israel
    Elisa Silverman
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    I Am Israeli: The Chil­dren Of Israel
    Eva L. Weiss
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