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    How to Run a Tra­di­tion­al Jew­ish Household
    Blu Greenberg
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    Liv­ing a Jew­ish Life: Jew­ish Tra­di­tions, Cus­toms, and Val­ues for Today’s Fam­i­lies: Revised and Updated
    Anita Diamant with Howard Cooper
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    Shab­bat: The Fam­i­ly Guide to Prepar­ing for and Wel­com­ing the Sabbath
    Dr. Ron Wolfson
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    Queer Jews
    David Shneer and Caryn Aviv, eds.
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    Queer The­o­ry and the Jew­ish Question
    Daniel Boyarin, Daniel Itzkovitz, and Ann Pellegrini, eds.
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    Queer­ing the Text: Bib­li­cal, Medieval, and Mod­ern Jew­ish Stories
    Andrew Ramer
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    Wrestling with God and Men: Homo­sex­u­al­i­ty in the Jew­ish Tradition
    Steven Greenberg
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    The Book of Our Heritage
    Eliyahu Kitov
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    Torah Queeries: Week­ly Com­men­taries on the Hebrew Bible
    Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser and David Shneer, eds.
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    Beyond the Pale
    Elana Dykewomon
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    Judaism and Homo­sex­u­al­i­ty: An Authen­tic Ortho­dox View
    Chaim Rapoport
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    Bal­anc­ing on the Mechitza: Trans­gen­der in Jew­ish Community
    Noach Dzmura, ed.
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    Twen­ty Things for Grand­par­ents of Inter­faith Grand­chil­dren to Do (And Not Do) to Nur­ture Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Their Grandchildren
    Rabbi Kerry Olitzky and Paul Golin
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    Tough Ques­tions Jews Ask: A Young Adults Guide to Build­ing a Jew­ish Life
    Rabbi Edward Feinstein
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    Repen­tance: The Mean­ing and Prac­tice of Teshuvah
    Dr. Louis E. Newman
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    Life, Love, Lox: Real-world Advice for the Mod­ern Jew­ish Girl
    Carin Davis
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