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Philosophy & Ethics

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Cul­tur­al Inter­me­di­aries: Jew­ish Intel­lec­tu­als in Ear­ly Mod­ern Italy
David B. Ruderman; Giuseppe Veltri, eds.
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Float­ing Takes Faith: Ancient Wis­dom for a Mod­ern World
Rabbi David J. Wolpe
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Fill­ing Words With Light: Hasidic and Mys­ti­cal Reflec­tions on Jew­ish Prayer
Lawrence Kushner; Nehemia Polen
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Food and Judaism
Leonard J. Greenspoon; Ronald A. Simkins; Gerald Shapiro, eds.
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A Sense of the Mys­te­ri­ous: Sci­ence and the Human Spirit
Alan Light­man
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Sex, Drugs, and Vio­lence in the Jew­ish Tra­di­tion: Moral Perspectives
Daniel B. Kohn
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Sur­viv­ing Sac­ri­lege: Cul­tur­al Per­sis­tence in Jew­ish Antiquity
Steven Weitzman
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We Jews: Who Are We and What Should We Do
Rab­bi Adin Steinsaltz
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The Impact of the Holo­caust on Jew­ish Theology
Steven T. Katz, ed.
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Jews and the Amer­i­can Soul: Human Nature in the 20th Century
Andrew R. Heinze
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Jew­ish Bio­med­ical Law: Jew­ish Law Asso­ci­a­tion Stud­ies XV
Daniel B. Sinclair, ed.
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Beyond Chutz­pah: On the Mis­use of Anti-semi­tism and the Abuse of History
Norman G. Finkelstein
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Off the Derech: Why Obser­vant Jews Leave Judaism
Faranak Margolese
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The Birth of Sur­ro­ga­cy in Israel
D. Kelly Weisberg
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The Holo­caust as Culture
Imre Kertesz; Thomas Cooper, trans.
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Car­ing: A Jew­ish Guide to Caregiving
Naomi Brudner
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