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George Soros: A Life In Full
Peter Osnos (Editor)
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Com­ing to Terms with Amer­i­ca: Essays on Jew­ish His­to­ry, Reli­gion, and Culture
Jonathan D. Sarna
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Visu­al Arts
A Col­lage of Customs
Mark Pod­w­al
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The Ravine: A Fam­i­ly, a Pho­to­graph, a Holo­caust Mas­sacre Revealed
Wendy Lower
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Recipes for a New Begin­ning: Tran­syl­van­ian Jew­ish Sto­ries of Life, Hunger, and Hope
Kinga Júlia Király
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Shak­ing Up the Tanakh

Ali­son L. Joseph
May 3, 2021
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Con­ver­sion, Cir­cum­ci­sion, and Rit­u­al Mur­der in Medieval Europe
Paola Tartakoff
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Cel­e­brat­ing Purim in a Slave Society

Avi­va Ben-Ur
February 26, 2021
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Prous­t­ian Uncer­tain­ties: On Read­ing and Reread­ing In Search of Lost Time
Saul Friedlän­der
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Esther in America
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)
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Excerpt: Esther in America

Stu Halpern
February 22, 2021
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What Are Jews For? His­to­ry, Peo­ple­hood, and Purpose
Adam Sut­cliffe
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Four Rab­bis at Lunch: Can­did Con­ver­sa­tions Among Amer­i­can Clergy
Dov Peretz Elkins
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Ani Maamin: Bib­li­cal Crit­i­cism, His­tor­i­cal Truth and the Thir­teen Prin­ci­ples of Faith
Joshua Berman
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The Foun­da­tions of Amer­i­can Jew­ish Liberalism
Kenneth D. Wald
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On the Trail of Cora Wilburn

Jonathan D. Sarna
January 20, 2020
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