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    Contemporary Jewish Life

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    Visu­al Arts
    Chil­dren of Israel
    Alethea Gold & Luca Zordan
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    Where Jus­tice Dwells: A Hands-On Guide to Doing Social Jus­tice in Your Jew­ish Community
    Jill Jacobs
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    Wrestling with Yoga: Jour­ney of a Jew­ish Soul
    Shelly Dem­be
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    Judaism in Tran­si­tion: How Eco­nom­ic Choic­es Shape Reli­gious Tradition
    Carmel Ullman Chiswick
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    Par­ent­ing in the Present Moment: How to Stay Focused on What Real­ly Matters
    Car­la Naumburg
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    Renais­sance: A Strate­gic Plan for Trans­form­ing Judaism
    Jim Stein
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    Build­ing a Bet­ter Teacher: How Teach­ing Works (And How to Teach It to Everyone)
    Eliz­a­beth Green
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    From Ene­my to Friend: Jew­ish Wis­dom and the Pur­suit of Peace
    Amy Eil­berg
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    Joy Comes in the Morning
    Jonathan Rosen
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    Stars of David: Promi­nent Jews Talk About Being Jewish
    Abi­gail Pogrebin
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    Mar­ry­ing Out: Jew­ish Men, Inter­mar­riage, and Fatherhood
    Keren R. McGinity
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    Jews & Dias­po­ra Nation­al­ism: Writ­ings on Jew­ish Peo­ple­hood in Europe & The Unit­ed States
    Simon Rabinovitch, ed.
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    Did Jew Know?: A Handy Primer on the Cus­toms, Cul­ture & Prac­tice of the Cho­sen People
    Emi­ly Stone
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    Unscrolled: 54 Writ­ers and Artists Wres­tle with the Torah
    Roger Bennett, ed.
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    The Dev­il That Nev­er Dies: The Rise and Threat of Glob­al Antisemitism
    Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
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    How to Woo a Jew: The Mod­ern Jew­ish Guide to Dat­ing and Mating
    Tamar Caspi
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