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    Cover of Cammy Sitting Shiva
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    Cam­my Sit­ting Shiva
    Cary Git­ter
    Cover of Planting Seeds of the Divine: Torah Commentaries to Cultivate Your Spiritual Practice
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    Plant­i­ng Seeds of the Divine: Torah Com­men­taries to Cul­ti­vate Your Spir­i­tu­al Practice
    Yisc­ah Smith
    Essay

    Find­ing the Words: Women and Prayer

    Jaime Hern­don
    May 19, 2025
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    All Con­sum­ing: Ger­mans, Jews, and the Mean­ing of Meat
    John M. Efron
    Fiction—From the Journal

    The Roman Palms

    Barak Kas­sar
    April 24, 2025
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    God­struck: Sev­en Wom­en’s Unex­pect­ed Jour­neys to Reli­gious Conversion
    Kelsey Osgood
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    Milk­weed and Hon­ey Cake: A Mem­oir in Rit­u­al Moments
    Wendy A. Horwitz
    Essay

    The Fes­ti­val of Lights, Revised: Hanukkah’s Prag­mat­ic History

    Marc Katz
    December 23, 2024
    Essay

    Hope Beyond Despair: The Time­less Gift of Psalms

    Jade Sank Ross
    December 9, 2024
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    Not So(w) Kosher? Nine Jew­ish Facts About the Pig

    Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
    October 7, 2024
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    For­bid­den: A 3,000-Year His­to­ry of Jews and the Pig
    Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
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    Baila the Klopper
    Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod; Shirley Waisman, illus.
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    Hear­ing is Believ­ing: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Abi­gail Pogre­bin and Dov Linzer

    Abi­gail Pogrebin, Dov Linz­er
    September 9, 2024
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    Space Torah: Astro­naut Jef­frey Hoff­man’s Cos­mic Mitzvah
    Rachelle Burk; Craig Orback, illus.
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    Shi­ra The Singing Pup­py: A Hav­dalah Story
    Ilana R. Wieder
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    The Jew­ish Way to a Good Life: Find Hap­pi­ness, Build Com­mu­ni­ty, and Embrace Lovingkindness
    Shi­ra Stutman
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