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    The Ratio­nal Passover Haggadah
    Den­nis Prager
    Holy Sparks: Cel­e­brat­ing 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate
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    Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Sev­en-and-a-Half-Year Jour­ney through the Talmud
    Adam Kirsch
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    Zap! Bam! Swoosh! and So Much More: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Jere­my Dauber about Amer­i­can Comics

    Saman­tha Baskind
    December 27, 2021
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    The Jew­ish World of Alexan­der Hamilton
    Andrew Por­wanch­er
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    Stud­ies in Spirituality
    Jonathan Sacks
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    These are the Devel­op­ments of the Human
    Ethan Daniel Davidson
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    Visu­al Arts
    A Col­lage of Customs
    Mark Pod­w­al
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    A Snake, a Flood, a Hid­den Baby: Bible Sto­ries for Children
    Meir Shalev, Ilana Kurshan (Translator), Emanuele Luzzati (Illustrator)
    Essay

    An Hon­est and Decent Liv­ing in the Dig­i­tal Economy

    Michael Eisen­berg
    August 23, 2021
    Essay

    A Return to the Source: On Trans­lat­ing Tobie Nathan’s ​‘A Land Like You’

    Joyce Zonana
    June 14, 2021
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    Recipes for a New Begin­ning: Tran­syl­van­ian Jew­ish Sto­ries of Life, Hunger, and Hope
    Kinga Júlia Király
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    The Jew­ish Body: A History
    Robert Jütte, Elizabeth Bredeck (Translator)
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    Excerpt: ​‘Thou Shalt Unplug’ from Inscribed

    Tiffany Shlain
    May 10, 2021
    Essay

    Over Time

    Sarah Blake
    March 25, 2021
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    Wild Vision­ary: Mau­rice Sendak in Queer Jew­ish Context
    Golan Y. Moskowitz
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