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Ques­tion­ing Belief: Torah and Tra­di­tion in an Age of Doubt
Raphael Zarum
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Fun­ny, You Don’t Look Fun­ny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Gen­er­a­tion to Millennials
Jen­nifer Caplan
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Bib­li­cal Women Speak: Hear­ing Their Voic­es through New and Ancient Midrash
Mar­la Feldman
Essay

Jew­ish Sum­mer Camp and the Myth of the ​“Seri­ous”

San­dra Fox
June 12, 2023
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The Jews of Sum­mer: Sum­mer Camp and Jew­ish Cul­ture in Post­war America
San­dra Fox
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Queer Judaism
Orit Avishai
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Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust 
Ari Joskow­icz
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The Ori­gins of Judaism: An Archae­o­log­i­cal-His­tor­i­cal Reappraisal
Yonatan Adler
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Israel’s Moment: Inter­na­tion­al Sup­port for and Oppo­si­tion to Estab­lish­ing the Jew­ish State, 1945 – 1949
Jef­frey Herf
Cover of Inventing William of Norwich: Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200
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Invent­ing William of Nor­wich: Thomas of Mon­mouth, Anti­semitism, and Lit­er­ary Cul­ture, 1150 – 1200
Heather Blur­ton
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Ruth: A Migrant’s Tale
Ilana Pardes
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The Book of Rev­o­lu­tions: The Bat­tles of Priests, Prophets, and Kings That Birthed the Torah
Edward Feld
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Tales from the Bor­der­lands: Mak­ing and Unmak­ing the Gali­cian Past
Omer Bar­tov
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The Hid­den Order of Inti­ma­cy: Reflec­tions on the Book of Leviticus
Avi­vah Got­tlieb Zornberg
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Pro­fes­sor of Apoc­a­lypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes
Jer­ry Z. Muller
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Salo Baron: The Past and Future of Jew­ish Stud­ies in America
Rebecca Kobrin
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