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    Inter­na­tion­al Jew­ish Human­i­tar­i­an­ism in the Age of the Great War
    Jaclyn Granick
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    Federica Francesconi
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    Ari Mermelstein
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    The Bib­li­cal Hero: Por­traits in Nobil­i­ty and Fallibility
    Elliot Rabin
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    Daniel Mendel­sohn
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    Inside the Torah: Nar­ra­tive, Inter­pre­ta­tion, and Mys­ti­cal Meanings
    Rab­bi Char­na Klein
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    Judith Roumani
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    Sur­vival on the Mar­gins: Pol­ish Jew­ish Refugees in the Wartime Sovi­et Union
    Eliyana Adler
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    Ani Maamin: Bib­li­cal Crit­i­cism, His­tor­i­cal Truth and the Thir­teen Prin­ci­ples of Faith
    Joshua Berman
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    Mari­na Rustow
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    Kenneth D. Wald
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    Robert Alter
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    Adam Teller
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    Sarit Kattan Gribetz
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