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Philip Getz
Fruit of the Fall
The forbidden fruit has been said to be anything from a fig to a banana, so how did the world settle on an apple?
Jerusalem in Albion
The inclusion of Hebrew manuscripts was a priority for Thomas Bodley in 1598, when he began turning the university’s library into the institution of international and historic renown that would bear his name.
Pour Out Your Fury
When the Bavarian government confiscated thousands of books from monasteries in 1803, among them was an utterly unique haggadah.
The Birthright Challenge
Eleven years and four books on, can Birthright Israel save diaspora Judaism?