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Deidre Butler
Back to facultyAssociate ProfessorCollege of the HumanitiesCarleton University
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A Canadian story of Jewish divorce: listening to rabbis across denominations wrestle with egalitarianism and K'lal Yisrael.
Studies in religion. Sciences religieuses · 2022 · first author
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A Canadian story of Jewish divorce: listening to rabbis across denominations wrestle with egalitarianism and K'lal Yisrael.
Butler D, Appel Kuzmarov B
Studies in religion. Sciences religieuses2022First authorOpen Access
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