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Pre­serv­ing the Mystery

Ear­li­er this week, Men­achem Z. Rosen­saft wrote about life after cat­a­stro­phe. He is the edi­tor of the new­ly pub­lished God, Faith & Iden­ti­ty from the Ash­es:…
Men­achem Z. Rosensaft
January 14, 2015
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Best Friends

Lesléa New­man is the author of 60 books includ­ing A Let­ter to Har­vey Milk, Nobody’s Moth­er, Hachiko Waits, Write from the Heart, The Boy Who Cried Fab­u­lous, The Best…
Lesléa New­man
January 12, 2015
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Lib­er­a­tion

Men­achem Z. Rosen­saft is Gen­er­al Coun­sel of the World Jew­ish Con­gress and edi­tor of the new­ly pub­lished God, Faith & Iden­ti­ty from the Ash­es: Reflec­tions…
Men­achem Z. Rosensaft
January 12, 2015
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Jews and Their Many Questions

Ear­li­er this week, Rab­bi Lawrence Hajioff wrote about how he approach­es chal­leng­ing queries and the ben­e­fits of crowd­fund­ing one’s book. His book, Jew Got…
Rab­bi Lawrence Hajioff
January 9, 2015
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A New Take on Old Clas­sics: How a Rab­bi Approach­es Chal­leng­ing Questions

Ear­li­er this week, Rab­bi Lawrence Hajioff wrote about the ben­e­fits of crowd­fund­ing one’s book. His book, Jew Got Ques­tions?, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging here…
Rab­bi Lawrence Hajioff
January 7, 2015
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Five Rea­sons You Should Crowd­fund Your Next Book

Orig­i­nal­ly from Lon­don, Eng­land, Rab­bi Lawrence Hajioff grad­u­at­ed with hon­ors in polit­i­cal sci­ence from Man­ches­ter Uni­ver­si­ty. After work­ing for MTV in news…
Rab­bi Lawrence Hajioff
January 5, 2015
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