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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Sew Jew­ish
    Maria Bywa­ter
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    Non­fic­tion
    All Set For Black, Thanks
    Miri­am Weinstein
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    Why The Jews?
    Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin
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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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    Oy Oy Oy Gevalt!
    Michael Croland
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    Aphrodite and the Rabbis
    Bur­ton L. Visotzky
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    Visu­al Arts
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    Eliez­er Sobel
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    Some­how I Am Different
    Alyssa Petersel
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    Why Be Jew­ish?: A Testament
    Edgar M. Bronfman
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    False Facts and True Rumors: Lashon HaRa in Con­tem­po­rary Culture
    Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman
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