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    Dynam­ic Belong­ing: Con­tem­po­rary Jew­ish Col­lec­tive Identities
    Harvey E. Goldberg, Steven M. Cohen, and Ezra Kopelowitz, eds.
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    We Have Sinned: Sin and Con­fes­sion in Judaism: Asham­nu and Al Chet
    Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed.
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    Jews and Words
    Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger
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    The Future of the Jews
    Stu­art E. Eizenstat
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    Jew­ish Renais­sance and Revival in Amer­i­ca: Essays in Mem­o­ry of Leah Levitz Fish­bane, ז״ ל
    Eitan P. Fishbane and Jonathan D. Sarna, eds.
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    Liv­ing Jew­ish­ly: A Snap­shot of a Generation
    Stefanie Pervos Bregman, ed.
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    Ask the Rab­bi: The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Being Jewish
    Rabbi Ron Isaacs
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    You Are My Wit­ness: The Liv­ing Words of Rab­bi Mar­shall T. Meyer
    Jane Isay, ed.
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    Amer­i­can Reform Judaism: An Introduction
    Dana Evan Kaplan
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    For the Sake of Heav­en and Earth: The New Encounter Between Judaism and Christianity
    Irv­ing Greenberg
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    Fill­ing Words With Light: Hasidic and Mys­ti­cal Reflec­tions on Jew­ish Prayer
    Lawrence Kushner; Nehemia Polen
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    Float­ing Takes Faith: Ancient Wis­dom for a Mod­ern World
    Rabbi David J. Wolpe
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    Tree of Souls: The Mythol­o­gy of Judaism
    Howard Schwartz; Caren Lobbel-Fried, illus.
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    A Place in the Tent: Inter­mar­riage and Con­ser­v­a­tive Judaism
    Mark Bloom; Ted Feldman; Gordon Freeman; Stuart Kelman; Harry Manhoff; Mimi Weisel; Rose Levinson; Glenn Massarano
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    Rein­vent­ing Adult Jew­ish Education
    Betsy Dolgin Katz
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    Tevye’s Grand­chil­dren: Redis­cov­er­ing Jew­ish Identity
    Eleanor Mallet
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