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Cover of Torah in a Time of Plague: Historical and Contemporary Jewish Responses
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Torah in a Time of Plague: His­tor­i­cal and Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Responses
Erin Leib Smokler (Editor)
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Jew­ish Wom­en’s His­to­ry from Antiq­ui­ty to the Present
Federica Francesconi and Rebecca Lynn Winer (Editors)
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Moral­i­ty: Restor­ing the Com­mon Good in Divid­ed Times
Jonathan Sacks
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Excerpt: Now for Some­thing Sweet

Mon­day Morn­ing Cook­ing Club
December 14, 2020
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When We Turned With­in: Reflec­tions on COVID-19
Rabbi Menachem Creditor and Sarah Tuttle-Singer, eds.
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Inside the Torah: Nar­ra­tive, Inter­pre­ta­tion, and Mys­ti­cal Meanings
Rab­bi Char­na Klein
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Pos­i­tive Judaism: For a Life­time of Well-Being and Happiness
Dar­ren Levine
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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The Art of Bible Translation
Robert Alter
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A Year with Morde­cai Kaplan: Wis­dom on the Week­ly Torah Portion
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
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In Good Faith: Ques­tion­ing Reli­gion and Atheism
Scott A. Shay
Essay—From the Journal

Com­ments on Commentary

Jew­ish learn­ing is not about cre­at­ing some­thing new, but rather about find­ing some­thing new. 

David Wolpe
December 22, 2017
Essay

Lessons from Bereshit for Con­tem­po­rary Novelists

Jacob Bacharach
March 16, 2017
Essay

How to Tell Good Chris­t­ian Ladies the Bible Is Weird

Jacob Bacharach
March 13, 2017
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The Zohar: Recep­tion and Impact
Boaz Huss
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The JPS Bible Com­men­tary: Song of Songs
Michael Fishbane
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