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    Cover of Halakhah in the Making: The Development of Jewish Law from Qumran to the Rabbis
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    Halakhah in the Mak­ing: The Devel­op­ment of Jew­ish Law from Qum­ran to the Rabbis
    Aharon Shemesh
    Cover of The Other Zions: The Lost Histories of Jewish Nations
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    The Oth­er Zions: The Lost His­to­ries of Jew­ish Nations
    Eric Maroney
    Cover of The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower
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    The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower
    Stephen H. Norwood
    Cover of They Dared Return: The True Story of Jewish Spies Behind the Lines in Nazi Germany
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    They Dared Return: The True Sto­ry of Jew­ish Spies Behind the Lines in Nazi Germany
    Patrick K. O’Donnell
    Cover of Kristallnacht 1938
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    Kristall­nacht 1938
    Alan E. Steinweis
    Cover of Reconstructing Ashkenaz: The Human Face of Franco-German Jewry, 1000-1250
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    Recon­struct­ing Ashke­naz: The Human Face of Fran­co-Ger­man Jew­ry, 1000 – 1250
    David Malkiel
    Cover of Ghosts of Home: The Afterlife of Czernowitz in Jewish Memory
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    Ghosts of Home: The After­life of Czer­nowitz in Jew­ish Memory
    Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer
    Cover of Thinking in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt on Ethics and Politics
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    Think­ing in Dark Times: Han­nah Arendt on Ethics and Politics
    Roger Berkowitz, Jeffrey Katz, and Thomas Keenan, eds.
    Cover of Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States
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    Sta­tion Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion: A Cul­tur­al His­to­ry of Yid­dish Radio in the Unit­ed States
    Ari Y. Kelman
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    Kings of the Jews: Explor­ing the Ori­gins of the Jew­ish Nation
    Norman Gelb
    Cover of Jewish Renaissance in the Russian Revolution
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    Jew­ish Renais­sance in the Russ­ian Revolution
    Kenneth B. Moss
    Cover of The Enigma of Isaac Babel: Biography, History, Context
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    The Enig­ma of Isaac Babel: Biog­ra­phy, His­to­ry, Context
    Gregory Freidin
    Cover of Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx
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    Boule­vard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heart­break, and Hope along the Grand Con­course in the Bronx
    Con­stance Rosenblum
    Cover of Jews in Nazi Berlin: From Kristallnacht to Liberation
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    Jews in Nazi Berlin: From Kristall­nacht to Liberation
    Beate Meyer, Hermann Simon, Chana Schutz
    Cover of Germans into Jews: Remaking the Jewish Social Body in the Weimar Republic
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    Ger­mans into Jews: Remak­ing the Jew­ish Social Body in the Weimar Republic
    Sharon Gillerman
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    Jews and Base­ball: Vol­ume 2, The Post-Green­berg Years, 1949 – 2008
    Burton A. Boxerman and Benita W. Boxerman; Ron Kaplan, fwd.
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