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    middle ages & medieval period

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    Excerpt: The Convert

    Ste­fan Hertmans
    April 28, 2020
    Cover of Anya and the Dragon
    Chil­dren’s
    Anya and the Dragon
    Sofiya Paster­nack
    Cover of Ben and the Bishop
    Chil­dren’s
    Ben and the Bishop
    Judith Weinshall Liberman; Gail Davis, illus.
    Cover of Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World
    Non­fic­tion
    Mai­monides and the Mer­chants: Jew­ish Law and Soci­ety in the Medieval Islam­ic World
    Mark R. Cohen
    Cover of Coming of Age in Medieval Egypt: Female Adolescence, Jewish Law, and Ordinary Culture
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    Com­ing of Age in Medieval Egypt: Female Ado­les­cence, Jew­ish Law, and Ordi­nary Culture
    Eve Krakowski
    Cover of A Remembrance of His Wonders: Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Ashkenaz
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    A Remem­brance of His Won­ders: Nature and the Super­nat­ur­al in Medieval Ashkenaz
    David I. Shyovitz
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    Inter­view: Adam Gid­witz and Hatem Aly

    with Teri Mark­sonAdam Gid­witz and Hatem Aly’s new book The Inquisitor’s Tale recent­ly won The Syd­ney Tay­lor Award in the Old­er Read­ers Cat­e­go­ry and was named…
    Teri Mark­son
    February 8, 2017
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    The Inquisitor’s Tale
    Adam Gidwitz; Hatem Aly, illus.
    Cover of Anti-Jewish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Royal Response 1391-1392
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    Anti-Jew­ish Riots in the Crown of Aragon and the Roy­al Response 1391 – 1392
    Benjamin R. Gampel
    Cover of The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus: Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia
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    The Secret Faith of Maestre Hon­o­ra­tus: Pro­fayt Duran and Jew­ish Iden­ti­ty in Late Medieval Iberia
    Maud Kozodoy
    Cover of The Brother Haggadah: A Medieval Sephardi Masterpiece in Facsimile
    Visu­al Arts
    The Broth­er Hag­gadah: A Medieval Sephar­di Mas­ter­piece in Facsimile
    Marc Michael Epstein, ed.
    Cover of Leadership and Conflict: Tensions in Medieval and Early Modern Jewish History and Culture
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    Lead­er­ship and Con­flict: Ten­sions in Medieval and Ear­ly Mod­ern Jew­ish His­to­ry and Culture
    Marc Saperstein
    Cover of The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe
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    The Mur­der of William of Nor­wich: The Ori­gins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe
    E.M. Rose
    Cover of Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz: Men, Women, and Everyday Religious Observance
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    Prac­tic­ing Piety in Medieval Ashke­naz: Men, Women, and Every­day Reli­gious Observance
    Elisheva Baumgarten
    Cover of The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt
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    The Busi­ness of Iden­ti­ty: Jews, Mus­lims and Eco­nom­ic Life in Medieval Egypt
    Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman
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    Nev­er Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain
    Jacqueline Jules
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