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    Philosophy & Ethics

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    ‘Dwelling in the Messy Mid­dle’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Marc Katz and Daniel Taub

    Marc Katz
    June 9, 2025
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    To For­ev­er Inhab­it this Earth: An Eth­ic of Enoughness
    Nina Beth Cardin
    Essay

    Mai­monides and the Giv­ing Season 

    Richard Michel­son
    January 6, 2025
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Mid­night Mitzvah
    Ruth Horowitz; Jenny Meilihove, illus.
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    Tra­di­tion and Tran­si­tion: Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ties and the Hyper-Empow­ered Individual
    Andrés Spokoiny
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    Poems for A Memory
    Tami Luchow
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    The Sec­ond Journey
    Joel Big­man
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    Deep Lis­ten­ing: Trans­form Your Rela­tion­ships with Fam­i­ly, Friends and Foes
    Emi­ly Kasriel
    Essay

    Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ties and a Dizzy­ing Freedom

    Andrés Spokoiny
    August 26, 2024
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    The Guide to the Per­plexed: A New Translation
    Moses Maimonides; Lenn E. Goodman and Phillip I. Lieberman, trans.
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    A Guide to The Guide to the Per­plexed: A Reader’s Com­pan­ion to Mai­monides’ Masterwork
    Lenn E. Goodman
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    From Man­del­stam to Moth­er Doll

    Katya Apekina
    April 30, 2024
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    In the Face of Dev­as­ta­tion, More Love

    Shai Held
    March 25, 2024
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    The Gim­mel in ​“The Great Gimmelmans”

    Lee Matthew Goldberg
    January 1, 2024
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    Open Judaism: A Guide for Believ­ers, Athe­ists, and Agnostics
    Bar­ry L. Schwartz
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    Pick­ing Up the Pieces: Lead­er­ship After Empire
    Elan Babchuck
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