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The Strange Shape of the Marcheshet Pan
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Hasidism in America
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The Rogochover and More
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New Book Announcement - נשמת הבית
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View ArticleA Letter Concerning Prof. Marc Shapiro’s book "Changing the Immutable"
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The Rogochover and More: Excursus on Fasting
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The Yiddish Press as a Historical Source for the Overlooked and Forgotten in...
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