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    Jeff Bogursky

    Jeff Bogursky reads a lot, writes a lit­tle and talks quite a bit. He is a media exec­u­tive and expert in dig­i­tal media.
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    The Com­pas­sion­ate Com­mu­ni­ty: Ten Val­ues to Unite America
    Jonathan Miller
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    Karel Van Der Toorn
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    Martha Himmelfarb
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    Kevin Alan Brook
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    Richard Popkin
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    Hershel Shanks
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    Jew­ish Choic­es, Jew­ish Voic­es: Money
    Elliot N. Dorff and Louis E. Newman, eds.
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    In The Foot­steps of the Lost Ten Tribes
    Avigdor Shachan
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    John M, Lundquist
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    Jay M. Harris
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    William Kolbrener
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    The Oral Law of Sinai: An Illus­trat­ed His­to­ry of the Mishnah
    Rabbi Berel Wein
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    Shlomo Aronson
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    Mekhil­ta De-Rab­bi Shi­mon Bar Yohai
    W. David Nelson, trans.
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    Interview

    JBW talks with Ambas­sador Stu­art Eizenstat

    JBC review­er Jeff Bogursky talks with the for­mer Ambas­sador to the EU about Israel, Jew­ish con­ti­nu­ity, and the role being Jew­ish has played in his career as…
    Jeff Bogursky
    November 5, 2012

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