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    Cover of Violent Acts and Urban Space in Contemporary Tel Aviv
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    Vio­lent Acts and Urban Space in Con­tem­po­rary Tel Aviv
    Tali Hatuka; Diane E. Davis, fwd.
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    Holy Unex­pect­ed: My New Life as a Jew
    Robin Chotzinoff
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    For­eign­ers and Their Food: Con­struct­ing Oth­er­ness in Jew­ish, Chris­t­ian, and Islam­ic Law
    David M. Freidenreich
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    Slid­ing to the Right: The Con­test for the Future of Amer­i­can Jew­ish Orthodoxy
    Samuel C. Heilman
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    Unbro­ken Spir­it: A Hero­ic Sto­ry of Faith, Courage and Survival
    Yosef Mendelevich
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    The Essen­tial Guide to Jew­ish Prayer and Practices
    Andrea Lieber
    Cover of Oy! Only Six? Why Not More? Six-Word Memoirs on Jewish Life
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    Oy! Only Six? Why Not More? Six-Word Mem­oirs on Jew­ish Life
    Lar­ry Smith
    Cover of Explaining Life: The Wisdom of Modern Jewish Poetry, 1960-2010
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    Explain­ing Life: The Wis­dom of Mod­ern Jew­ish Poet­ry, 1960 – 2010
    Eleanor Ehrenkranz
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    And the Bridge is Love
    Faye Moskowitz
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    Hot Mamalah: The Ulti­mate Guide for Every Woman of the Tribe
    Lisa Alcalay Klug
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    The Bar Mitz­vah and The Beast: One Fam­i­ly’s Cross-Coun­try Ride of Pas­sage by Bike
    Matt Biers-Ariel
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    Beau­ti­ful Souls
    Eyal Press
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    Shu­va: The Future of the Jew­ish Past
    Yehu­da Kurtzer
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    Unortho­dox: The Scan­dalous Rejec­tion of My Hasidic Roots
    Deborah Feldman
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    Philip Roth and the Jews
    Alan Cooper
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    Yid­dishe Mamas: The Truth about the Jew­ish Mother
    Marnie Winston-Macauley
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