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    Contemporary Jewish Life

    Cover of From the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to Holocaust Denial Trials: Challenging the Media, Law and the Academy
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    From the Pro­to­cols of the Elders of Zion to Holo­caust Denial Tri­als: Chal­leng­ing the Media, Law and the Academy
    Deborah R. Kaufman; Gerald Herman; James Ross; David Phillips, eds.
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    Sex, God, Christ­mas and Jews: Inti­mate Emails About Faith and Life Challenges
    Gil Mann
    Cover of Fragmented Families: Patterns of Estrangement and Reconciliation
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    Frag­ment­ed Fam­i­lies: Pat­terns of Estrange­ment and Reconciliation
    Ellen B. Sucov
    Cover of Anti-Semitism Today: How It Is The Same, How It Is Different, and How To Fight It
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    Anti-Semi­tism Today: How It Is The Same, How It Is Dif­fer­ent, and How To Fight It
    Kenneth S. Stern
    Cover of Wisdom From the Batcave: How to Live a Super, Heroic Life
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    Wis­dom From the Bat­cave: How to Live a Super, Hero­ic Life
    Cary A. Friedman
    Cover of Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar
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    Every­day Holi­ness: The Jew­ish Spir­i­tu­al Path of Mussar
    Alan Mori­nis
    Cover of Peace Be Upon You: The Story of Muslim, Christian and Jewish Coexistence
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    Peace Be Upon You: The Sto­ry of Mus­lim, Chris­t­ian and Jew­ish Coexistence
    Zachary Karabell
    Cover of New American Haggadah
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    New Amer­i­can Haggadah
    Jonathan Safran Foer, ed.; Nathan Englander, trans.
    Cover of Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine
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    Man Seeks God: My Flir­ta­tions with the Divine
    Eric Wein­er
    Cover of Bread and Fire: Jewish Women Find God in the Everyday
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    Bread and Fire: Jew­ish Women Find God in the Everyday
    Rivkah Slonim, ed.; Liz Rosenberg, consulting ed.
    Cover of Taking the Plunge: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to the Mikveh
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    Tak­ing the Plunge: A Prac­ti­cal and Spir­i­tu­al Guide to the Mikveh
    Miriam C. Berkowitz
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    Women Remak­ing Amer­i­can Judaism
    Riv-Ellen Prell, ed.; David Weinberg, fwd.
    Cover of For the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book
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    For the Love of God: The Bible as an Open Book
    Ali­cia Ostriker
    Cover of The Catholic Church and the Jewish People: Recent Reflections from Rome
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    The Catholic Church and the Jew­ish Peo­ple: Recent Reflec­tions from Rome
    Philip A. Cunningham, Norbert J. Hofmann, and Joseph Sievers, eds.
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    Jews and Europe in the Twen­ty-First Cen­tu­ry: Think­ing Jewish
    Nick Lambert; David Cesarani, fwd.
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    Star­ing at the Sun: Over­com­ing the Ter­ror of Death
    Irvin D. Yalom
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