News From the World of Jewish Books
Who should count as Jewish in America? What should be the relationship of American Jews to Israel? Can the American Jewish community collectively sustain and pass on to the next generation a sufficient sense...
lluminating the ethical legacy of the biblical prophets, Path of the Prophets identifies the prophetic moment in the lives of eighteen biblical figures and demonstrates their compelling relevance to us today. While the Bible...
This collection of essays by leading North American scholars in religious studies explores the complex relationship between the academic study of religion and personal religious experience.
Hebrew scholar Ken Hanson tells the enthralling story of Kabbalah – the sacred writings of the Jewish mystics. It is a story that took place through three millennia as Kabbalah gave rise to the...
Below is the list of the 93 books that I posted on this site in November 2018. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page...
Complete Editions, Tractates, and Other Works and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th Century through the 18th Century Printing the Talmud: Complete Editions, Tractates and Other Works, and the Associated Presses from the Mid-17th...
Berlin. Wartime. A city of secrets, secrets that destroyed Paul Bertram’s once-idyllic marriage, secrets that have threatened to consume him, secrets that almost destroyed his very life. When the Berlin Wall falls in 1989,...
Eli Zipperbaum, better known as Jelly Eli Z., is a great kid, but he doesn’t always pay attention in class. He would rather daydream and eat his jelly beans while Mr. Moscowitz discusses how...
Translator: Arthur B. Millman Mysticism, which transcends the boundaries of time and space and refers to a reality not grasped by means of ordinary human cognition, is one of the central sources of inspiration...
Illustrator: André Ceolin The holiday season is a busy time, with people bustling about. And it’s a busy time for Edgar, a cabdriver who conveys passengers around the city. All day long Edgar drives...
Elie Wiesel was a towering presence on the world stage—a Nobel laureate, activist, adviser to world leaders, and the author of more than forty books, including the Oprah’s Book Club selection Night. But when...
A Karakas Speaks by C.M. Kosemen
The Nazi, the Princess, and the Shoemaker: My Father’s Holocaust Odyssey by Scott M. Neuman
Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered by Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Global Jewish Foodways: A History by Hasia R. Diner & Simone Cinotto