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    Cover of Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear States and Terrorism
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    Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear States and Terrorism
    Peter R. Beckman; William Paul Crumlish; Michael Dobkowski; Steven Lee
    Cover of Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
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    Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
    Jack Kugelmass, ed.
    Cover of The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market
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    The Hous­ing Divide: How Gen­er­a­tions of Immi­grants Fare in New York’s Hous­ing Market
    Emily Rosenbaum; Samantha Friedman
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    Rab­binic and Lay Com­mu­nal Authority
    Suzanne Last Stone
    Cover of Elements of Ancient Jewish Nationalism
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    Ele­ments of Ancient Jew­ish Nationalism
    David Goodblatt
    Cover of Broken Threads: The Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry in Germany and Austria
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    Bro­ken Threads: The Destruc­tion of the Jew­ish Fash­ion Indus­try in Ger­many and Austria
    Roberta S. Kremer
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    The Jews of Khaz­aria, 2nd Edition
    Kevin Alan Brook
    Cover of To Be An Arab in Israel
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    To Be An Arab in Israel
    Laurence Louer
    Cover of Music in Jewish History and Culture
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    Music in Jew­ish His­to­ry and Culture
    Emanuel Rubin; John H. Baron
    Cover of A Kingdom of Priests: Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism
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    A King­dom of Priests: Ances­try and Mer­it in Ancient Judaism
    Martha Himmelfarb
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    Race and Reli­gion Among the Cho­sen Peo­ples of Crown Heights
    Henry Goldschmidt
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    Tel Aviv: Mythog­ra­phy of a City
    Maoz Azaryahu
    Cover of Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War
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    Fox­bats Over Dimona: The Sovi­ets’ Nuclear Gam­ble in the Six-Day War
    Isabella Ginor; Gideon Remez
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    A Mur­der in Lem­berg: Pol­i­tics, Reli­gion, and Vio­lence in Mod­ern Jew­ish History
    Michael Stanislawski
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    Scrib­al Cul­ture and the Mak­ing of the Hebrew Bible
    Karel Van Der Toorn
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    State­craft: And How to Restore Amer­i­ca’s Stand­ing in the World
    Den­nis Ross
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