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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 Sages: Char­ac­ter, Con­text and Cre­ativ­i­ty, Vol. V: The Yeshiv­ot of Baby­lo­nia and Israel
Binyamin Lau; Ilana Kur­shan, trans.
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Hap­pi­ly Jew­ish: Find­ing Joy, Wis­dom And Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty in Judaism (Of All Places!)
Michael Levin
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Visu­al Arts
Illu­mi­na­tions: An Explo­ration of Haf­tarah through Art and History
Laya Crust
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In the Begin­ning of the Begin­ning 2nd Edition
Har­ry Amdurer
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Prophet­ic Voic­es: Renew­ing and Reimag­in­ing Haftarah
Bar­bara AB Symons
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Tran­scen­den­tal Judaism: Enliven­ing the Eter­nal With­in to Uplift Our­selves and Our World
David Lieber­man
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Eter­nal Ques­tions: Reflec­tions, Con­ver­sa­tions, and Jew­ish Mind­ful­ness Prac­tices for the Week­ly Torah Portion
Joshua Feigel­son
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Hebrew Infu­sion
Sarah Bunin Benor
Jonathan B. Krasner
Sharon Avni
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Inside the Torah: Nar­ra­tive, Inter­pre­ta­tion, and Mys­ti­cal Meanings
Rab­bi Char­na Klein
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A Cen­tral Chal­lenge in Trans­lat­ing the Bible 

Robert Alter
May 25, 2020
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Nah­manides: Law and Mysticism
Moshe Halbertal, Daniel Tabak (trans.)
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The Land of Truth: Tal­mud Tales, Time­less Teachings 
Jef­frey L. Rubenstein
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The Human Rights Haggadah
Shlo­mo Levin
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Can Robots Be Jew­ish?: Inspi­ra­tional Rab­bis Answer Press­ing Ques­tions of Mod­ern Life
Amy E. Schwartz
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