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    Kings of the Jews: Explor­ing the Ori­gins of the Jew­ish Nation
    Norman Gelb
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    Jew­ish Renais­sance in the Russ­ian Revolution
    Kenneth B. Moss
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    Gregory Freidin
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    Boule­vard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heart­break, and Hope along the Grand Con­course in the Bronx
    Con­stance Rosenblum
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    Jews in Nazi Berlin: From Kristall­nacht to Liberation
    Beate Meyer, Hermann Simon, Chana Schutz
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    Ger­mans into Jews: Remak­ing the Jew­ish Social Body in the Weimar Republic
    Sharon Gillerman
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    Ger­son­ides: Judaism with­in the Lim­its of Reason
    Seymour Feldman
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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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    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…
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    August 19, 2011
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    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
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    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…
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    August 15, 2011
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