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Essay

Cel­e­brat­ing Purim in a Slave Society

Avi­va Ben-Ur
February 26, 2021
Non­fic­tion
Prous­t­ian Uncer­tain­ties: On Read­ing and Reread­ing In Search of Lost Time
Saul Friedlän­der
Non­fic­tion
Esther in America
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)
Excerpt

Excerpt: Esther in America

Stu Halpern
February 22, 2021
Non­fic­tion
What Are Jews For? His­to­ry, Peo­ple­hood, and Purpose
Adam Sut­cliffe
Fic­tion
Four Rab­bis at Lunch: Can­did Con­ver­sa­tions Among Amer­i­can Clergy
Dov Peretz Elkins
Non­fic­tion
Ani Maamin: Bib­li­cal Crit­i­cism, His­tor­i­cal Truth and the Thir­teen Prin­ci­ples of Faith
Joshua Berman
Non­fic­tion
The Foun­da­tions of Amer­i­can Jew­ish Liberalism
Kenneth D. Wald
Essay

On the Trail of Cora Wilburn

Jonathan D. Sarna
January 20, 2020
Non­fic­tion
How Young Holo­caust Sur­vivors Rebuilt Their Lives
Françoise S. Ouzan
Non­fic­tion
Time and Dif­fer­ence in Rab­binic Judaism
Sarit Kattan Gribetz
Non­fic­tion
Demons, Angels, and Writ­ing in Ancient Judaism
Annette Yoshiko Reed
Jew­ish Text
Rashi’s Com­men­tary on the Torah: Can­on­iza­tion and Resis­tance in the Recep­tion of a Jew­ish Classic
Eric Lawee
Non­fic­tion
Dis­si­dent Rab­bi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas
Yaacob Dweck
Non­fic­tion
Cer­e­mo­ni­al Syn­a­gogue Textiles
Bracha Yaniv
Jew­ish Text
Jew­ish-Chris­t­ian Dia­logues on Scrip­ture in Late Antiquity
Michal Bar-Asher Siegel

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