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MERI-JANI: ROCIIELSON
A JEW IN THE PUBLIC ARENA
THE CAREER OF ISRAEL ZANGWILL
BY MERI-JANE ROCHELSON
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FAMILY INSTITUTE FOR YIDDISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CULTURE AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
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YIDDISH
BACK TO SCHOOL
JEWISH DAY SCHOOL IN THE LIVES OF ADULT JEWS
BY ALEX POMSON AND RANDAL F SCHNOOR
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WOMEN REMAKING AMERICAN JUDAISM
EDITED BY RIV-ELLEN PRELL
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impact on American Judaism by the field's leading practitioners!'
JEWISH DAY SCHOOL
IN THE LIVES OF ADULT JEWS
- JONATHAN D. SARNA, JOSEPH H. & BELLE R. BRAUN PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY AT BRANDEIS UNIVER-
SITY AND AUTHOR OF AMERICAN JUDAISM:
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Yiddish Folksongs •
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I Did It
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YIDDISH FOLKSONGS FROM THE
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EDITED BY CHANA MLOTEK AND MARK SLOBIN
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