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    Modern Jewish Thought

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    Shu­va: The Future of the Jew­ish Past
    Yehu­da Kurtzer
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    The Real Name of God: Embrac­ing the Full Essence of the Divine
    Rabbi Wayne Dosick
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    The Inspired Life: Unleash­ing Your Mind’s Capac­i­ty for Joy
    Susyn Reeve
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    Jew­ish Ethics & Social Jus­tice: A Guide for the 21st Century
    Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz
    Cover of My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries Volume 1
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    My Peo­ple’s Passover Hag­gadah: Tra­di­tion­al Texts, Mod­ern Com­men­taries Vol­ume 1
    Lawrence A. Hoffman and David Arnow, eds.
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    Very Near to You: Human Read­ings of the Torah
    Avra­ham Burg
    Cover of My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries Volume 2
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    My Peo­ple’s Passover Hag­gadah: Tra­di­tion­al Texts, Mod­ern Com­men­taries Vol­ume 2
    Lawrence A. Hoffman and David Arnow, eds.
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    Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Con­tro­ver­sial Idea
    Reuven Fire­stone
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    The Cri­sis of Zionism
    Peter Beinart
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    Moses: A Stranger Among Us
    Mau­rice Harris
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    The Book of Job
    Harold S. Kushner
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    Ein­stein’s Jew­ish Sci­ence: Physics at the Inter­sec­tion of Pol­i­tics and Religion
    Steven Gim­bel
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    The Alep­po Codex: A True Sto­ry of Obses­sion, Faith, and the Pur­suit of an Ancient Bible
    Mat­ti Friedman
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    Under­stand­ing the Hebrew Bible: A Read­er’s Guide
    Elliot Rabin
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    Men of Silk: The Hasidic Con­quest of Pol­ish Jew­ish Society
    Glenn Dyn­ner
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    The Fam­i­ly Book of Midrash: Fifty-Two Jew­ish Sto­ries From the Sages
    Barbara Diamond Goldin
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