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    Cover of Kristallnacht 1938
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    Kristall­nacht 1938
    Alan E. Steinweis
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    Recon­struct­ing Ashke­naz: The Human Face of Fran­co-Ger­man Jew­ry, 1000 – 1250
    David Malkiel
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    Ghosts of Home: The After­life of Czer­nowitz in Jew­ish Memory
    Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer
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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 Gersonides: Judaism within the Limits of Reason
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    Ger­son­ides: Judaism with­in the Lim­its of Reason
    Seymour Feldman
    Cover of Tri-Faith America: How Catholics and Jews Held Postwar America to Its Protestant Promise
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    Tri-Faith Amer­i­ca: How Catholics and Jews Held Post­war Amer­i­ca to Its Protes­tant Promise
    Kevin M. Schultz
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    1948: The First Arab-Israeli War
    Benny Morris
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    Rag and Bone: A Jour­ney Among the World’s Holy Dead
    Peter Manseau
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    Save the Deli: In Search of Per­fect Pas­tra­mi, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jew­ish Delicatessen
    David Sax
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    Mes­si­ahs of 1933: How Amer­i­can Yid­dish The­atre Sur­vived Adver­si­ty Through Satire
    Joel Schechter
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    Rashi
    Elie Wiesel
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    The His­to­ry of People

    Ear­li­er this week, Dou­glas Stark wrote about the best Jew­ish bas­ket­ball team ever and about research­ing Jew­ish sports. He has been blog­ging all…
    Dou­glas Stark
    August 19, 2011
    Essay

    Research­ing Jew­ish Sports

    On Mon­day, Dou­glas Stark wrote about the best Jew­ish bas­ket­ball team ever. His new book, The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Great­est Jew­ish…
    Dou­glas Stark
    August 17, 2011
    Essay

    The Great­est Jew­ish Bas­ket­ball Team

    Dou­glas Stark​’s The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball’s Great­est Jew­ish Team is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book…
    Dou­glas Stark
    August 15, 2011
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