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    Cover of Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community
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    Rela­tion­al Judaism: Using the Pow­er of Rela­tion­ships to Trans­form the Jew­ish Community
    Dr. Ron Wolfson
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    Michael Levin
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    Lovesong: Becom­ing a Jew
    Julius Lester
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    In the Neigh­bor­hood: The Search for Com­mu­ni­ty on an Amer­i­can Street, One Sleep­over at a Time
    Peter Loven­heim
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    Poi­son­ing the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Ander­son, and the Rise of Wash­ing­ton’s Scan­dal Culture
    Mark Feld­stein
    Cover of The Chameleon in the Closet: A Conservative Jewish Mother Reaches Out to Her Orthodox Sons
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    The Chameleon in the Clos­et: A Con­ser­v­a­tive Jew­ish Moth­er Reach­es Out to Her Ortho­dox Sons
    BJ Rosen­feld
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    Par­ent­less Par­ents: How the Loss of Our Moth­ers and Fathers Impacts the Way We Raise Our Children
    Alli­son Gilbert
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    Sex­ism in Amer­i­ca: Alive, Well, and Ruin­ing Our Futur
    Barbara J. Berg
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    The Choos­ing: A Rab­bi’s Jour­ney from Silent Nights to High Holy Days
    Andrea Myers
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    Kosher: Pri­vate Reg­u­la­tion in the Age of Indus­tri­al Food
    Tim­o­thy D. Lytton
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    The Beg­gar King and the Secret of Hap­pi­ness: A True Story
    Joel Ben Izzy
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    Walk­ing on Eggshells: Nav­i­gat­ing the Del­i­cate Rela­tion­ship Between Adult Chil­dren and Parents
    Jane Isay
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    Fugi­tive Pieces
    Anne Michaels
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    Hel­lo Mud­dah, Hel­lo Fad­dah: A Let­ter from Camp
    Allan Sherman, Lou Busch, Jack E. Davis (Illus.)
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    The Art of Doing Good: Where Pas­sion Meets Action
    Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon with John Sedgwick
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    Harold Berman and Gayle Redling­shafer Berman
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