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"A groundbreaking work that overturns the conventional understanding of the Israeli-American relationship and, in doing so, explores how fundamental debates about American identity drive our country's foreign policy"--
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A tale inspired by the tragic first-century massacre of hundreds of Jewish people at Masada presents the stories of four bold, resourceful women who survive on a mountain in the Judean desert 2,000 years ago against Roman armies
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An anthology of personal essays by 75 authors and advocates about what it means and how it feels to be Jewish now, including how life has changed since October 7, 2023.
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Noa Simon is a thirty-six-year-old filmmaker who knows what she wants when she sees it, and when she meets Teddy Rosenfeld, an antagonistic, older CEO, she goes for the jugular. An electrifying encounter in a bathroom stall after their first meeting only serves to whet Noa's appetite, and despite Teddy's subsequent rejections, she is exhilarated by the challenge--and by her own insatiability. In her first power play, she takes a job at his office,...
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"Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and the brutal whims of the guards in this place of horror. But now, the allies are closing in and the sisters have one last hurdle to face: the death march from Auschwitz, as the Nazis try to erase any evidence of the prisoners...
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"The Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism reveals the deep - and deeply contested - century-long history of anti-Zionist and non-Zionist American Jews who drew on the intellectual currents of the Reform movement, the Yiddish left, anti-colonialism and Jewish feminism to voice profound concerns over mainstream Jewish leaders' insistence on unqualified support for Jewish nationalism, Zionism and Israel"--
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"A guide to contemporary Judaism by law professor and public intellectual Noah Feldman"--