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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Nicole Krauss in Con­ver­sa­tion with Jere­my Dauber

    Thursday, December 17, 2020
    12:30–1:30pm

    Zoom

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    Chil­dren’s
    The Ninth Night of Hanukkah
    Eri­ca S. Perl
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    The Jew­ish Intel­lec­tu­al Tra­di­tion: A His­to­ry of Learn­ing and Achievement
    Alan Kadish
    Michael A. Shmidman
    Sim­cha Fishbane
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    Eat­ing Out Loud: Bold Mid­dle East­ern Fla­vors for All Day, Every Day
    Eden Grin­sh­pan 
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    Chil­dren’s
    Becom­ing Brianna 
    Ter­ri Libenson
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    When We Turned With­in: Reflec­tions on COVID-19
    Rabbi Menachem Creditor and Sarah Tuttle-Singer, eds.
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