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Exploring the immigration of Jews from Eastern Europe for America, as well as their desire to make this country their permanent home, Levitt raises questions about the search for stability in specific Jewish religious and cultural traditions which is linked to the liberal academy as well as feminist study, thus offering an account of an ambivalent Jewish feminist embrace of America as home.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50929314791697,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50929315709201,"sku":"CIN0415914450VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52325540856081,"sku":"CIN0415914450G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52426601562385,"sku":"NLS9780415914451","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53434229424401,"sku":"CIN0415914450A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0415914450.jpg?v=1751292411"},{"product_id":"objects-that-remain-book-laura-levitt-9780271087825","title":"The Objects That Remain","description":"On a November evening in 1989, Laura Levitt was raped in her own bed. 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