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Confessions of a Secular Jew

Confessions of a Secular Jew

Eugene Goodheart

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2004
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Antropología
ISBN:
9780765805997
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What it means to be a Jew lies at the very heart of Confessions of a Secular Jew, a provocative memoir and a thoughtful speculation on the nature of Jewish identity and experience in an increasingly secular world

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