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    Cover of Prophetic Voices: Renewing and Reimagining Haftarah
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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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    Hap­pi­ly Jew­ish: Find­ing Joy, Wis­dom And Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty in Judaism (Of All Places!)
    Michael Levin
    Cover of Illuminations: An Exploration of Haftarah through Art and History
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    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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    Hebrew Infu­sion
    Sarah Bunin Benor
    Jonathan B. Krasner
    Sharon Avni
    Cover of Inside the Torah: Narrative, Interpretation, and Mystical Meanings
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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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    Giv­ing: The Essen­tial Teach­ing of the Kabbalah
    Aryeh Siegel
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    Jacob and Joseph, Judais­m’s Archi­tects: Birth of the Ego Ideal
    Nathan Moses Szajnberg
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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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    Oranges for Eve: My Brave, Beau­ti­ful, Badass Jour­ney to the Fem­i­nine Divine
    Tama­ra Kolton
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    The Human Rights Haggadah
    Shlo­mo Levin
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