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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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    Syn­a­gogues and Settlements

    Rab­bi Elie Kaun­fer is the author of Empow­ered Judaism: What Inde­pen­dent Minyan­im Can Teach Us about Build­ing Vibrant Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ties. He’ll be blog­ging all…
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    Let’s Talk About Race
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