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    God, Prayer and Spirituality
    Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt
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    Hid­den Light: Sci­ence Secrets of the Bible
    Dr. David Medved
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    Cool Jew
    Lisa Alcalay Klug
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    Becom­ing Jew­ish: The Chal­lenges, Rewards, and Paths to Conversion
    Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben and Jennifer S. Hanin; Bob Saget, fwd.
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    Remem­ber for Life
    Brad Hirschfield, ed.
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    God, Israel, and Shiloh: Return­ing to the Land
    David Rubin
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    Tal­mud Study in Yeshi­va High Schools
    Aharon Lichtenstein & Yehuda Brandes; Jeffrey Saks ed.
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    Liv­ing the Halachic Process: Ques­tions and Answers for the Mod­ern Jew
    Daniel Mann, ed.
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    Invent­ing Jew­ish Ritual
    Vanessa L. Ochs; Riv-Ellen Prell, fwd.
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    The Year of Liv­ing Biblically
    A.J. Jacobs
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    Not a Hap­py Camper: A Memoir
    Mindy Schneider
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    Abra­ham’s Chil­dren: Race, Iden­ti­ty, and the DNA of the Cho­sen People
    Jon Entine
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    Spir­i­tu­al Rad­i­cal: Abra­ham Joshua Hes­chel in Amer­i­ca, 1940 – 1972
    Edward K. Kaplan
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    Wit­ness
    Ruth Gruber; Richard Holbrooke, fwd.
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    Bagels and Grits: A Jew on the Bayou
    Jennifer Anne Moses
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    The Acci­den­tal Zion­ist: What a Priest, a Pornog­ra­ph­er and a Wrestler Named Chain­saw Taught Me About Being Jew­ish, Sav­ing the World, and Why Israel Mat­ters to Both
    Ian Pear
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