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    Stu­art Halpern

    Dr. Stu Halpern is Senior Advi­sor to the Provost of Yeshi­va Uni­ver­si­ty. He has edit­ed or coedit­ed 17 books, includ­ing Torah and West­ern Thought: Intel­lec­tu­al Por­traits of Ortho­doxy and Moder­ni­ty and Books of the Peo­ple: Revis­it­ing Clas­sic Works of Jew­ish Thought, and has lec­tured in syn­a­gogues, Hil­lels and adult Jew­ish edu­ca­tion­al set­tings across the U.S.

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    Judaism for the World: Reflec­tions on God, Life, and Love
    Arthur Green
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    Think­ing about the Prophets: A Philoso­pher Reads the Bible
    Ken­neth Seeskin
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    What Are Jews For? His­to­ry, Peo­ple­hood, and Purpose
    Adam Sut­cliffe
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    Jew­ish Trea­sures from Oxford Libraries
    Edited by Rebecca Abrams and Cesar Merchan-Hamann
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    Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Amer­i­can Art: A Gold­en Age Since the 1970’s
    Matthew Baigell
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    The Bib­li­cal Hero: Por­traits in Nobil­i­ty and Fallibility
    Elliot Rabin
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    Four Rab­bis at Lunch: Can­did Con­ver­sa­tions Among Amer­i­can Clergy
    Dov Peretz Elkins
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    The Jews of Eigh­teenth-Cen­tu­ry Jamaica: A Tes­ta­men­tary His­to­ry of a Dias­po­ra in Transition
    Stan­ley Mirvis
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    Hid­den Heretics: Jew­ish Doubt in a Dig­i­tal Age
    Ayala Fad­er
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    The Art of the Jew­ish Fam­i­ly: A His­to­ry of Women in Ear­ly New York in Five Objects
    Lau­ra Arnold Leibman
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    Joshua Berman
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    The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue
    Mari­na Rustow
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    Authen­ti­cal­ly Ortho­dox: A Tra­di­tion-Bound Faith in Amer­i­can Life
    Zev Eleff
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    Ilana M. Blumberg
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    The Promise of Lib­er­ty: A Passover Haggada
    Stu­art Halpern
    Jacob Kupi­et­zky
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    Esther in America
    Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)
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    Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth
    Stu­art Halpern
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    Exo­dus and Amer­i­can His­to­ry: ​“The Promise of Liberty”

    Stu­art Halpern, Jacob Kupi­et­zky
    April 15, 2024
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    Excerpt: Esther in America

    Stu­art Halpern
    February 22, 2021
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    Excerpt — Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth

    A pre-Shavuot read

    Stu­art Halpern
    May 31, 2019

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