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    Items with the tag:

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    Cover of It's Shofar Time!
    Chil­dren’s
    It’s Sho­far Time!
    Latifa Berry Kropf; Tod Cohen, photographs
    Cover of Jewish Cooking for all Seasons: Fresh, Flavorful Kosher Recipes for Holidays and Every Day
    Cook­book
    Jew­ish Cook­ing for all Sea­sons: Fresh, Fla­vor­ful Kosher Recipes for Hol­i­days and Every Day
    Lau­ra Frankel
    Essay

    A Sukkah Occu­pies Wall Street

    Last week, Rab­bi Jill Jacobs wrote about Sukkot and social jus­tice and asked dis­cussed the impor­tance of place. Her most recent book, Where Jus­tice…
    Jill Jacobs
    October 18, 2011
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    Chil­dren’s
    A Box of Candles
    Laurie A. Jacobs. Shelly Ephraim, illus.
    Essay

    Sukkot and Social Justice

    Rab­bi Jill Jacobs is the author of Where Jus­tice Dwells: A Hands-On-Guide for Doing Social Jus­tice in Your Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty (Jew­ish Lights).My…
    Jill Jacobs
    October 11, 2011
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    Fic­tion
    Danc­ing on Tisha B’Av
    Lev Raphael
    Cover of Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat Anthology
    Non­fic­tion
    Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B’Sh­vat Anthology
    Ari Elon, Naomi Mara Hyman, Arthur Waskow, eds.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Can­dles in My Window
    Beth Firestone
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    Chil­dren’s
    Eight Win­ter Nights: A Fam­i­ly Hanukkah Book
    Laura Krauss Melmed; Elizabeth Schlossberg, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Great Mat­zoh Hunt
    Jannie Ho
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    Chil­dren’s
    Hap­py Hanukkah, Corduroy
    Don Freeman; Lisa McCue, illus.
    Cover of Shabbat: The Family Guide to Preparing for and Welcoming the Sabbath
    Non­fic­tion
    Shab­bat: The Fam­i­ly Guide to Prepar­ing for and Wel­com­ing the Sabbath
    Dr. Ron Wolfson
    Essay

    Feast of Famine

    Lau­ren Shock­ey is the author of Four Kitchens: My Life Behind the Burn­er in New York, Hanoi, Tel Aviv, and Paris. She offered thoughts on Yom Kip­pur and break fast…
    Lau­ren Shockey
    October 10, 2011
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    Chil­dren’s
    A Tale of Two Seders
    Mindy Avra Portnoy; Valerio Cis, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Dear Tree
    Doba Rivka Weber; Phyllis Saroff, illus.
    Cover of Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale
    Chil­dren’s
    Cakes and Mir­a­cles: A Purim Tale
    Barbara Diamond Goldin; Jaime Zollars, illus.
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