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    Katha­ri­na Hadas­sah Wendl

    Katha­ri­na Hadas­sah Wendl (Klein) is a researcher in rab­binic lit­er­a­ture at Freie Uni­ver­sität Berlin.

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    Shira Greenspan; Rinat Gilboa, illus.
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    Sharon Ann Musher
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    Devo­ra Steinmetz

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