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    Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear States and Terrorism
    Peter R. Beckman; William Paul Crumlish; Michael Dobkowski; Steven Lee
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    Days of Deliv­er­ance: Essays on Purim and Hanukkah
    Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
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    Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
    Jack Kugelmass, ed.
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    Pesach For the Rest of Us: Mak­ing the Passover Seder Your Own
    Marge Piercy
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    Every­day Holi­ness: The Jew­ish Spir­i­tu­al Path of Mussar
    Alan Mori­nis
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    Peace Be Upon You: The Sto­ry of Mus­lim, Chris­t­ian and Jew­ish Coexistence
    Zachary Karabell
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    Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dis­likes America
    Andrei S. Markovits
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    The Mod­ern Jew­ish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat
    Meredith L. Jacobs
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    And God Cre­at­ed Hope: Find­ing Your Way Through Grief With Lessons From Ear­ly Bib­li­cal Stories
    Mel Glazer
    Cover of From the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to Holocaust Denial Trials: Challenging the Media, Law and the Academy
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    From the Pro­to­cols of the Elders of Zion to Holo­caust Denial Tri­als: Chal­leng­ing the Media, Law and the Academy
    Deborah R. Kaufman; Gerald Herman; James Ross; David Phillips, eds.
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    Sex, God, Christ­mas and Jews: Inti­mate Emails About Faith and Life Challenges
    Gil Mann
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    Frag­ment­ed Fam­i­lies: Pat­terns of Estrange­ment and Reconciliation
    Ellen B. Sucov
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    Anti-Semi­tism Today: How It Is The Same, How It Is Dif­fer­ent, and How To Fight It
    Kenneth S. Stern
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    Wis­dom From the Bat­cave: How to Live a Super, Hero­ic Life
    Cary A. Friedman
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    New Amer­i­can Haggadah
    Jonathan Safran Foer, ed.; Nathan Englander, trans.
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    Man Seeks God: My Flir­ta­tions with the Divine
    Eric Wein­er
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