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Items with the tag:

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Essay

Leav­ing the Low­er East Side

Jonathan Boyarin
October 5, 2020
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Fic­tion
Four Rab­bis at Lunch: Can­did Con­ver­sa­tions Among Amer­i­can Clergy
Dov Peretz Elkins
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip­pur for Children
Sukkot for Children
Cover of There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale
Chil­dren’s
There Was a Young Rab­bi: A Hanukkah Tale
Suzanne Wolfe, Jeffrey Ebbeler (illus.)
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Jew­ish Text
Pre­pare My Prayer
Rabbi Dov Singer
Essay

Writ­ing Your Reli­gion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sarah Hurwitz

Deb­o­rah Miller
December 16, 2019
Essay

The For­tu­nate Foàs of Sabbioneta

Eleanor Foa
November 4, 2019
Interview

‘Mak­ing an Ancient Rit­u­al Work’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Beth Rica­nati and Tiffany Shlain

Tiffany Shlain, Beth Rica­nati
September 16, 2019
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Non­fic­tion
Seek­ing Sanc­tu­ary: 125 Years of Syn­a­gogues on Long Island
Brad Kolod­ny
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Fic­tion
Ariel Sam­son: Free­lance Rabbi
MaN­ish­tana
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Chil­dren’s
The Rab­bi Slurps Spaghetti 
Leslie Kimmelman; Sharon Davey, illus.
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Pen­nies for Heav­en: The His­to­ry of Amer­i­can Syn­a­gogues and Money
Daniel Judson
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Who Rules the Syn­a­gogue?: Reli­gious Author­i­ty and the For­ma­tion of Amer­i­can Judaism
Zev Eleff
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Jew­ish New York: A His­to­ry and Guide to Neigh­bor­hoods, Syn­a­gogues, and Eateries
Paul M. Kaplan
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Non­fic­tion
The Lost Syn­a­gogues of Brooklyn
Ellen Levitt
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