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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Mikołaj Gryn­berg; Sean Gasper Bye, trans. 
    Essay

    Mai­monides and the Giv­ing Season 

    Richard Michel­son
    January 6, 2025
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    To You I Call: Psalms Through­out Our Lives
    Jade Sank Ross
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    Who Loves You Best
    Mar­i­lyn Simon Rothstein
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    Uri and the King of Dark­ness: A Hanukkah Story
    Nati Bait; Carmel Ben Ami, illus.; Ilana Kurshan, trans.
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    The Day I Became a Pota­to Pancake
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    The Light from My Meno­rah: Cel­e­brat­ing Hol­i­days around the World
    Robin Heald; Andrea Blinick, illus.
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    Sta­cy Nockowitz
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    Joan Nathan
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    Israel Alone
    Bernard-Hen­ri Lévy
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    Car­ol Kaufman
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