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Language
English
ISBN
978-1-55238-673-6
Cover
Title page
Contents
Introduction
Scribes and Scholarship
1. People of the Book
2. How to Start a Jewish newspaper
3. The European Genizah
4. The Crown of Aleppo
Holiness and Heresy
5. Where Seldom is Heard a Mystical Word
6. A Dubious Blessing
7. Hiwi the Heretic
Encounters and Enlightenings
8. Rabbi in the Abbey
9. Thou Shall Not Kill
10. On the Other Hand
Babies, Brides and Burials
11. Birth Rites
12. May the Best Man Win
13. Beauty Versus Virtue: An Age-Old Argument
14. Who Was Rembrandt's Jewish Bride?
15. Beneath the Stars
16. All Cows Go To Heaven
Congregation and Community
17. Trimming the Guest List
18. Service Interruption
19. Buddy Can You Spare a Dime?
Policy and Piety
20. Taking Leave of Our Census
21. The Wagers of Sin
22. Affairs of the State
23. Prophets, Protests, and Pepper Spray
24. The Vice-President of Grenada
25. Majority Rules
26. Baldness, Bears, and Bottled Water
Economics and Ethics
27. Minimizing Your Assets
28. Not All that Glisters
29. You Can Bank On It
30. Ransom Note
31. The Price Is Right
Buildings and Blessings
32. Rabbi, Watch Out For That Beam
33. Beam Me Up
34. The Walls Have Ears
35. Preparing For A Prophet
Life and Leisure
36. Healthy Advice From The Top Authorities
37. Tennis, Anyone?
38. Keeping The Ball In Play
39. Push Torah
Creatures and Curiosities
40. The Siren's Song
41. The Power of the Human Voice
42. The Love Apple
43. Horse Sense
44. The Right Vampire
45. Going to the Ants
Glossary
Index
Back Cover
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