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6 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read
100% agreed. In its heyday, Aronson was responsible for publishing some wonderful volumes on Jewish scholarship, several of which I'm fortunate to own.

Other publishers have picked up some slack, but Aronson filled a particular niche that I don't think has been replicated.
One of my favorites is Who's Who in the Talmud. While it has some errors in citations, it's the most comprehensive single-volume I know of documenting the personalities of rabbinic Judaism
amazon.com/Whos-Who-Talmu…
Another favorite is Shoshana Zolty's And All Your Children Shall Be Learned: Women and the Study of the Torah in Jewish Law and History
amazon.com/All-Your-Child…
They also published some excellent and important volumes in the Orthodox Forum series which has now moved to another publisher.

And oddly enough, they also published many psychology books.
I think @DBashIdeas and @MyShtender could do a wonderful post on their favorite Aronson books.

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