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    Prous­t­ian Uncer­tain­ties: On Read­ing and Reread­ing In Search of Lost Time
    Saul Friedlän­der
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    Excerpt: Esther in America

    Stu­art Halpern
    February 22, 2021
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    Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)
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    What Are Jews For? His­to­ry, Peo­ple­hood, and Purpose
    Adam Sut­cliffe
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    Four Rab­bis at Lunch: Can­did Con­ver­sa­tions Among Amer­i­can Clergy
    Dov Peretz Elkins
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    Ani Maamin: Bib­li­cal Crit­i­cism, His­tor­i­cal Truth and the Thir­teen Prin­ci­ples of Faith
    Joshua Berman
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    The Foun­da­tions of Amer­i­can Jew­ish Liberalism
    Kenneth D. Wald
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    On the Trail of Cora Wilburn

    Jonathan D. Sarna
    January 20, 2020
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    How Young Holo­caust Sur­vivors Rebuilt Their Lives
    Françoise S. Ouzan
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    Time and Dif­fer­ence in Rab­binic Judaism
    Sarit Kattan Gribetz
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    Demons, Angels, and Writ­ing in Ancient Judaism
    Annette Yoshiko Reed
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    Dis­si­dent Rab­bi: The Life of Jacob Sasportas
    Yaacob Dweck
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    Cer­e­mo­ni­al Syn­a­gogue Textiles
    Bracha Yaniv
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    Jew­ish-Chris­t­ian Dia­logues on Scrip­ture in Late Antiquity
    Michal Bar-Asher Siegel
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    What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans)
    Naomi B. Sokoloff and Nancy E. Berg
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    Rashi’s Com­men­tary on the Torah: Can­on­iza­tion and Resis­tance in the Recep­tion of a Jew­ish Classic
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