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    Cover of The Mussar Torah Commentary: A Spiritual Path to Living a Meaningful and Ethical Life
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    The Mus­sar Torah Com­men­tary: A Spir­i­tu­al Path to Liv­ing a Mean­ing­ful and Eth­i­cal Life
    Bar­ry H. Block
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    On a Clear April Morn­ing: A Jew­ish Journey
    Mer­rie Blocker
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    The Inevitabil­i­ty of Tragedy: Hen­ry Kissinger and His World
    Bar­ry Gewen
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    Jour­ney To A Tem­ple In Time: A Philoso­pher’s Quest For The Sabbath
    Susan Pash­man
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    Hil­lel Takes a Bath
    Vicki L. Weber, John Joven (illus.) 
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    The Lim­its of the World
    Jen­nifer Acker
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    Ariel Sam­son: Free­lance Rabbi
    MaN­ish­tana
    Cover of Defying the Nazis: The Life of German Officer Wilm Hosenfeld, Young Readers Edition
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    Defy­ing the Nazis: The Life of Ger­man Offi­cer Wilm Hosen­feld, Young Read­ers Edition
    Her­mann Vinke
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    Excerpt: The Lim­its of the World

    Jen­nifer Acker
    July 8, 2019
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    Hate: The Ris­ing Tide of Anti-Semi­tism in France (and What It Means for Us)
    Marc Weitz­mann
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    Wit­ness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom
    Ariel Burg­er
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    Return and Renew­al: Reflec­tions on Teshu­va and Spir­i­tu­al Growth
    Aharon Lichtenstein
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    A Torah Giant: The Intel­lec­tu­al Lega­cy of Rab­bi Dr. Irv­ing (Yitz) Greenberg
    Shmuly Yanklowitz, ed.
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    The Lost Commandments
    Sam Sil­ver­stein
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    Why Judaism Mat­ters: Let­ters of a Lib­er­al Rab­bi to His Chil­dren and the Mil­len­ni­al Generation
    Rabbi John Rosove
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    Return­ing
    Yael Sha­har
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