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    Cover of It Takes Two to Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses
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    It Takes Two to Torah: An Ortho­dox Rab­bi and Reform Jour­nal­ist Dis­cuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses
    Abi­gail Pogrebin
    Dov Linz­er
    Cover of When Bible Meets History: Ancient Voices Tell Their Version
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    When Bible Meets His­to­ry: Ancient Voic­es Tell Their Version
    Stephen Lee Crane
    Cover of Ancestral Allyship: Lessons on Allyship as Spiritual Practice in the Weekly Torah Portion
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    Ances­tral Ally­ship: Lessons on Ally­ship as Spir­i­tu­al Prac­tice in the Week­ly Torah Portion
    Mike Moskowitz
    Cover of What Your Body Knows About Happiness: How to Use Your Body to Change Your Mind
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    What Your Body Knows About Hap­pi­ness: How to Use Your Body to Change Your Mind
    Jan­ice Kaplan
    Cover of The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Rereading the Women of the Talmud
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    The Mad­woman in the Rabbi’s Attic: Reread­ing the Women of the Talmud
    Gila Fine
    Cover of The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom
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    The Place of All Pos­si­bil­i­ty: Cul­ti­vat­ing Cre­ativ­i­ty Through Ancient Jew­ish Wisdom
    Adi­na Allen
    Cover of 10,000 Matzoh Balls?! A Passover Tale
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    10,000 Mat­zoh Balls?! A Passover Tale
    Lin­da Bernstein
    Cover of Ark Aid, A Shabbat Story
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    Ark Aid, A Shab­bat Story
    Lin­da Bernstein
    Cover of Ezra-Nehemiah: Retrograde Revolution
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    Ezra-Nehemi­ah: Ret­ro­grade Revolution
    Yael Lei­bowitz
    Cover of The Human Rights Haggadah
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    The Human Rights Haggadah
    Shlo­mo Levin
    Cover of Hindsight is 2020: Torah Lessons from a Turbulent Time
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    Hind­sight is 2020: Torah Lessons from a Tur­bu­lent Time
    Margie Cel­la
    Cover of Questioning Belief: Torah and Tradition in an Age of Doubt
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    Ques­tion­ing Belief: Torah and Tra­di­tion in an Age of Doubt
    Raphael Zarum
    Cover of Biblical Women Speak: Hearing Their Voices through New and Ancient Midrash
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    Bib­li­cal Women Speak: Hear­ing Their Voic­es through New and Ancient Midrash
    Mar­la Feldman
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    Deb­bie’s Song
    Ellen Leventhal; Natalia Grebtsova, illus.
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    The Parasha: Parashat Hashavua for Children
    Emily Amrousi; Menahem Halberstadt, illus.
    Cover of The Sages: Char­ac­ter, Con­text and Cre­ativ­i­ty, Vol. V: The Yeshivot of Babylonia and Israel
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    The Sages: Char­ac­ter, Con­text and Cre­ativ­i­ty, Vol. V: The Yeshiv­ot of Baby­lo­nia and Israel
    Binyamin Lau; Ilana Kur­shan, trans.
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