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Cover of Dirshuni: Contemporary Women’s Midrash
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Dirshu­ni: Con­tem­po­rary Women’s Midrash
Tamar Biala, ed.
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George Soros: A Life In Full
Peter Osnos (Editor)
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Visu­al Arts
Arthur Szyk Pre­served: Insti­tu­tion­al Col­lec­tions of Orig­i­nal Art
Irvin Ungar and Samantha Lyons, eds.; 
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Beyond Zion:The Jew­ish Ter­ri­to­ri­al­ist Movement
Lau­ra Almagor
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Bib­li­cal Women and Jew­ish Dai­ly Life in the Mid­dle Ages
Eli­she­va Baumgarten
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Com­ing to Terms with Amer­i­ca: Essays on Jew­ish His­to­ry, Reli­gion, and Culture
Jonathan D. Sarna
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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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In the Begin­ning of the Begin­ning 2nd Edition
Har­ry Amdurer
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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

Stu­art Halpern
February 22, 2021
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