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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    The Book of Passover
    Benjamin Blech
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    Off the Derech: Why Obser­vant Jews Leave Judaism
    Faranak Margolese
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    Judaism for Two: A Spir­i­tu­al Guide for Strength­en­ing and Cel­e­brat­ing Your Lov­ing Relationship
    Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer; Nancy H. Wiener
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    Bar Mitz­vah Dis­co: The Music May Have Stopped, But the Par­ty’s Nev­er Over
    Roger Bennett, Nick Kroll, Jules Shell
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    Not the Israel My Par­ents Promised Me
    Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman
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    Jour­ney to Heav­en: Explor­ing Jew­ish Views of the Afterlife
    Leila Leah Bronner
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    Nana Lena’s Kitchen: Recipes for Life
    Amy Ostrower
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    Bar Mitz­vah: A Guide to Spir­i­tu­al Growth
    Marc-Alain Ouaknin, Francoise-Anne Menager
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    Where God Was Born
    Bruce Feiler
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    Hag­gadah and History
    Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
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    Adven­tures in Yid­dish­land: Postver­nac­u­lar Lan­guage and Culture
    Jeffrey Shandler
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    The Com­ing of Lilith: Essays on Fem­i­nism, Judaism, and Sex­u­al Ethics, 1972 – 2003
    Judith Plaskow, Donna Berman, eds.
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    Car­ing: A Jew­ish Guide to Caregiving
    Naomi Brudner
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    Mar­riage, Sex, and Fam­i­ly in Judaism
    Michael Broyde, Editor
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    Oblig­ed by Mem­o­ry: Lit­er­a­ture, Reli­gion, Ethics
    Steven T. Katz; Alan Rosen, eds.
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    Mitz­vah Sto­ries: Seeds for Inspi­ra­tion and Learning
    Goldie Milgram and Ellen Frankel, eds.
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