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8.4 Tanakh in the 21st Century: Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Text | PDF)
8.3 Jewish Community: Models and Ideals (Text | PDF)
8.2 Judaism and Other Faiths (Text | PDF)
8.1 The World of the Beit Midrash (Text | PDF)
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7.P K'ol ha-Mevaser (Text | PDF)
7.3 Mashiah (Text | PDF)
7.2 Israel and Zionism (Text | PDF)
7.1 Music and Spirituality (Text | PDF)
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6.5 Technology (PDF)
6.4 Kol Hamevakker (PDF)
6.3 Worship (PDF)
6.2 Politics and Activism (PDF)
6.1 Miracles and Divine Intervention (PDF)
5.5 The Other in Judaism (PDF)
5.3 War and Peace (PDF)
5.2 Jewish Education (PDF)
5.1 Jewish Leadership (PDF)
4.6 The Year in Israel (PDF)
3.7 Halakhah and Minhag (PDF)
3.6 Torah, Literature, and the Arts (PDF)
3.5 Kol Hamishtakker (Part I, PDF | Part II, PDF)
3.4 Jewish Denominations and Sects (PDF)
3.3 Academic Jewish Studies (PDF)
3.2 Family and Community (PDF)
3.1 Musar and Jewish Ethics (PDF)
2.7 Orthodoxy in the 21st Century (PDF)
2.6 Jewish Philosophy (PDF)
2.5 Qol Hamevaser (PDF)
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2.1 Spirituality: Teshuvah and Tefillah (PDF)
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