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    Tur­bu­lent Times: The British Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty Today
    Keith Kahn-Harris and Ben Gidley
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    Fes­ti­vals of Faith: Reflec­tions on the Jew­ish Holidays
    Norman Lamm; David Shatz, ed.; Simon Posner, assoc. ed.
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    How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck)
    Michael Wex
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    Beyond the Melt­ing Pot: Jew­ish Life and Learn­ing at the Turn of the Century
    Dr. Alvin I. Schiff
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    Con­science: The Duty to Obey and the Duty to Disobey
    Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
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    Iphi­ge­nia in For­est Hills: Anato­my of a Murder
    Janet Malcolm
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    Believ­er, Beware: First-Per­son Dis­patch­es from the Mar­gins of Faith
    Jeff Sharlet, Peter Manseau and the editors of Killing the Buddha, eds.
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    Have a Lit­tle Faith: A True Story
    Mitch Albom
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    Break­ing the Silence: Sex­u­al Abuse in the Jew­ish Community
    David Mandel and David Pelcovitz, eds.
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    Far from Zion: In Search of a Glob­al Jew­ish Community
    Charles Lon­don
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    The Bible Now
    Richard Elliott Friedman and Shawna Dolansky
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    What We Brought Back: Jew­ish Life After Birthright- Reflec­tions by Alum­ni of Taglit-Birthright Israel Trips
    Wayne Hoff­man
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    A Knit­ter’s Home Com­pan­ion: A Heart­warm­ing Col­lec­tion of Sto­ries, Pat­terns, and Recipes
    Michelle Edwards; Jen Gotch, photographs
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    Heal­ing from Despair: Choos­ing Whole­ness in a Bro­ken World
    Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz
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    Stand­ing By: The Mak­ing of an Amer­i­can Mil­i­tary Fam­i­ly in a Time of War
    Ali­son Buckholtz
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    Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish: The Heeb Sto­ry­telling Collection
    Shana Liebman, ed.
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