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New Jews : the End of the Jewish Diaspora. by Aviv, Caryn, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: From Diaspora Jews to New Jews; 1 Let My People Stay: Moscow's Jews after the Exodus; 2 Encounters with Ghosts: Youth Tourism and the Diaspora Business; 3 Temples of American Identity: Jewish Museums in Los Angeles; 4 Castro, Chelsea, and Tel Aviv: Queer Jews at Home; 5 Our Kind of Town: New York Is a Centerof the Jewish Universe; Epilogue: The End of the Jews; Notes; Index; About the Authors.…”
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The inside story : Biblical personalities by Friedman, Joseph, Rabbi

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Jonah, The Super-Nationalist -- Chapter 2: Queen Esther: The Mystery of Her Personality -- Chapter 3: Cain, Jezebel, Korach, Achitofel and Haman-The Common Face Of Evil -- Chapter 4: Joseph: Mouth- To- Mouth Resuscitation -- Chapter 5: Jacob, The Diaspora Jew -- Chapter 6: Moses, The Unnatural Leader -- Chapter 7: Seven Holy Women: Transforming the Word of G-D into a World of Good -- Chapter 8: Right-Sided King David, Left-Sided King Saul -- Chapter 9: Jeptha (Yiftach): Mighty Warrior, Fatal Flaw -- Chapter 10: The Messiah, The Universal Feminine Concept.…”
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Liberalism, nationalism, citizenship : essays on the problem of political community by Beiner, Ronald, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…-- Nationalism's challenge to political philosophy -- Reflections of a diaspora Jew in Israel -- Hannah Arendt as a critic of nationalism -- National self-determination : some cautionary remarks on the rhetoric of rights -- Citizenship and nationalism : is Canada a "real country"? …”
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Jew among Jews : rehabilitating Paul / Rehabilitating Paul by Ambrose, Kimberly

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Religion in diaspora : cultures of citizenship

Table of Contents: “…Biblical Case Studies of Diaspora Jews and Constructions of (Religious) Identity -- 3. …”
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Emotional state theory : friendship and fear in Israeli foreign policy by Schilling, Christopher L., 1983-

Table of Contents: “…The centrality of the state in policy regarding the welfare of contemporary Diaspora Jews ; A unique attitudinal prism ; Israel in the Middle East ; The left-right continuum and the salience of Jewish identity constructions ; Begin, Rabin, and Netanyahu : Three cases of leadership ; Public diplomacy ; The national anthem ; "Oom-shmoom" : Israel's attitude toward the UN ; Israel and the EU ; Notes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.…”
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"Go Out and Study the Land" (Judges 18:2) : Archaeological, Historical and Textual Studies in Honor of Hanan Eshel

Table of Contents: “…Disposing of the Dead: An Illustration of the Intersection of Archaeology and TextJosephus and Early Halakhah: The Exclusion of Impure Persons from Holy Precincts; An Elusive Sadducean Dispute; On the Edge of the Diaspora: Jews in the Dead Sea Region in the First Two Centuries C.E.; Re-Imagining the Eschatological War-4Q285/11Q14; Mattathias' Final Speech (1 Maccabees 2): From Religious Zeal to Simonide Propaganda; Late Iron Age Judean Cooking Pots with Impressed Handles: A New Class of Stamped Impressions from the Kingdom of Judah; The Names of the Rivers…”
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Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights : Diaspora Jewish Opposition to Israel. by Landy, David

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Memory and ethnicity : ethnic museums in Israel and the Diaspora

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Authentically Jewish : Identity, Culture, and the Struggle for Recognition by Charmé, Stuart Z.

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Alexandrian summer by Goren, Yitzhak Gormezano, 1941-

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