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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    About Econ­o­my and Sustenance
    Aharon Ariel Lavi
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    Extreme Mea­sures
    Jes­si­ca Nutik Zitter
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    A Nar­row Bridge
    Janet B. Fattal
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    Being There: Jour­nal­ism 1978 – 2000
    Tom Tei­cholz
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    The Gene Machine
    Bon­nie Rochman
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    Dis­tilled: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly, Sea­gram, Base­ball, and Philanthropy
    Charles Bronfman with Howard Green
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    Wher­ev­er You Go, There They Are
    Annabelle Gur­witch
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    Life­sav­ing for Beginners
    Anne Edel­stein
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    Par­ent­ing in Perspective
    Barry Kislowicz
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    Set in Stone: Amer­i­ca’s Embrace of the Ten Commandments
    Jenna Weissman Joselit
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    The Book of Separation
    Tova Mirvis
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    The Holo­caust Book Award in Mem­o­ry of Ernest W. Michel Named for 2017

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    March 7, 2017
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    Three Sets of Dishes

    Ellen Uman­sky is the author of The For­tu­nate Ones, a nov­el released last week about the fate of a Chaim Sou­tine paint­ing left behind in Vien­na. Ellen will be…
    Ellen Uman­sky
    February 20, 2017
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    My Jew­ish Year: 18 Hol­i­days, One Won­der­ing Jew
    Abi­gail Pogrebin
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    It’s been kind of a top­sy-turvy week, so the image of a quaint sub­ur­ban house ripped from the earth and spun like Dorothy Gale’s twister-borne home feels about right…
    Nat Bern­stein
    January 24, 2017
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    Love, Mar­riage, and Jew­ish Families
    Sylvia Barack Fishman
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