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    Contemporary Jewish Life

    Interview

    Inter­view with Sarah Rothe, Direct Ser­vices Coor­di­na­tor at Shalom Bayit

    Leigh Stein is the author of the nov­el The Fall­back Plan, the poet­ry col­lec­tion Dis­patch from the Future, and a new mem­oir, Land of Enchant­ment, out this week from…
    Leigh Stein
    August 1, 2016
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    I Am Israeli: The Chil­dren Of Israel
    Eva L. Weiss
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    Cul­ture, Cus­toms and Cel­e­bra­tions in Israel
    Gil Zohar
    Essay

    What Does Tisha B’ Av Hold for the Future of the Jew­ish People?

    Ear­li­er this week, David G. Daniel shared how an encounter with a moose, her calf, and a bear remind­ed him of the dif­fi­cult ques­tions fol­low­ing a trag­ic…
    David G. Daniel
    July 13, 2016
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    Mod­ern Ortho­dox Judaism: A Doc­u­men­tary History
    Zev Eleff; Jacob J. Schacter, fwd.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Dear San­ta, Love, Rachel Rosenstein
    Amanda Peet and Andrea Troyer; Christine Davenier, illus.
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    Sem­i­nary Savvy
    Michal Eisikowitz and Debbie Fox
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    Com­ing of Age in Jew­ish Amer­i­ca: Bar and Bat Mitz­vah Reinterpreted
    Patricia Keer Munro
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    Search­ing for John Hughes
    Jason Dia­mond
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    The Curi­ous Case of Kiryas Joel
    Louis Grumet and John M. Caher
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    Was Elvis Jewish?
    Paulette Cooper
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    Val­ues and Ethics — Through a Jew­ish Lens
    Joyce and Fred Claar
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    Inher­it­ing Edith
    Zoe Fish­man
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    Sein­fel­dia
    Jen­nifer Keishin Armstrong
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    Chil­dren’s
    Not This Turkey!
    Jes­si­ca Steinberg
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    A Call from Spoon­er Street
    Car­ol Ascher
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