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    Modern Jewish Thought

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    What Are Jews For? His­to­ry, Peo­ple­hood, and Purpose
    Adam Sut­cliffe
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    Think Least of Death: Spin­oza On How To Live And How To Die
    Steven Nadler
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    Four Rab­bis at Lunch: Can­did Con­ver­sa­tions Among Amer­i­can Clergy
    Dov Peretz Elkins
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    Hid­den Heretics: Jew­ish Doubt in a Dig­i­tal Age
    Ayala Fad­er
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    Ani Maamin: Bib­li­cal Crit­i­cism, His­tor­i­cal Truth and the Thir­teen Prin­ci­ples of Faith
    Joshua Berman
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    Authen­ti­cal­ly Ortho­dox: A Tra­di­tion-Bound Faith in Amer­i­can Life
    Zev Eleff
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    Mar­tin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent
    Paul Mendes-Flohr
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    Pos­i­tive Judaism: For a Life­time of Well-Being and Happiness
    Dar­ren Levine
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    Nah­manides: Law and Mysticism
    Moshe Halbertal, Daniel Tabak (trans.)
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    Leav­ing Zion: Jew­ish Emi­gra­tion from Pales­tine and Israel after World War II
    Ori Yehu­dai
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    Friend­ly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Ene­my and the Hope for Its Future
    Ami Ayalon
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    Rab­bi Leo Baeck: Liv­ing a Reli­gious Imper­a­tive in Trou­bled Times
    Michael A. Meyer
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    Writ­ing Your Reli­gion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sarah Hurwitz

    Deb­o­rah Miller
    December 16, 2019
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    The Sages of Chelm and the Moon
    Shlomo Abas (auth.), Omer Hoffmann (illus.)
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    Embrac­ing Auschwitz: Forg­ing a Vibrant Life-Affirm­ing Judaism that Takes the Holo­caust Seriously
    Joshua Ham­mer­man
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