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    Stop Look Lis­ten: Cel­e­brat­ing Shab­bos Through a Spir­i­tu­al Lens
    Nehemia Polen
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    Paulette K. Fire
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    Erin Silver, Michelle Theodore (Illustrator)
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    Den­nis Prager
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    Pic­tures Tell: A Passover Hag­gadah with pho­tographs from around the Jew­ish world
    Zion Ozeri
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    Night of Begin­nings: A Passover Haggadah
    Mar­cia Falk
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    Jill Ham­mer
    February 21, 2022
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    Detour Ahead
    Pamela Ehren­berg
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    A Fortress in Brook­lyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Mak­ing of Hasidic Williamsburg
    Nathaniel Deutsch, Michael Casper
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    ‘You Mean Super­sti­tions?’: Explor­ing the Cus­toms of Ortho­dox Jew­ish Women

    Lind­sey Taylor-Guthartz
    November 22, 2021
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    I Had a Broth­er Once: A Mem­oir, a Poem
    Adam Mans­bach
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    A Col­lage of Customs
    Mark Pod­w­al
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    Sor­ry for Your Loss
    Joanne Levy
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    My First Sequel: The Love Sto­ry of ​‘An Unortho­dox Match’ Continued

    Nao­mi Ragen
    September 6, 2021
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