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Scholarship

Cover of The Mussar Torah Commentary: A Spiritual Path to Living a Meaningful and Ethical Life
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The Mus­sar Torah Com­men­tary: A Spir­i­tu­al Path to Liv­ing a Mean­ing­ful and Eth­i­cal Life
Bar­ry H. Block
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A Hun­dred Acres of Amer­i­ca: The Geog­ra­phy of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Lit­er­ary History
Michael Hober­man
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Masa­da: From Jew­ish Revolt to Mod­ern Myth
Jodi Mag­ness
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The Art of Bible Translation
Robert Alter
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Excerpt — Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth

A pre-Shavuot read

Stu­art Halpern
May 31, 2019
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Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth
Stu­art Halpern
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Meet Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Win­ner Marcin Wodziński

JBC Staff
March 4, 2019
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Gen­der and Reli­gious Lead­er­ship: Women Rab­bis, Pas­tors, and Ministers
Hartmut Bomhoff, Denise L. Eger, Kathy Ehrensperger, Walter Homolka (Editors)
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Halakhah: The Rab­binic Idea of Law
Chaim N. Saiman
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Schol­ar­ly Man of Faith: Stud­ies in the Thought and Writ­ings of Rab­bi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Ephraim Kanarfogel Edited by Dov Schwartz
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Per­spec­tives on Judah Maccabee

Rab­bi Dr. Richard Hidary
November 30, 2018
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A Rich Brew: How Cafés Cre­at­ed Mod­ern Jew­ish Culture
Shachar M. Pinsker
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The Stakes of His­to­ry: On the Use and Abuse of Jew­ish His­to­ry for Life
David N. Myers
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Etrog: How a Chi­nese Fruit Became a Jew­ish Symbol
David Z. Moster
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War­riors, Witch­es, Whores: Women in Israeli Cinema
Rachel S. Harris
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The Great Shift: Encoun­ter­ing God in Bib­li­cal Times
James L. Kugel
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