Queer Judaism by Orit Avishai
LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel Offers a compelling look at how Orthodox Jewish LGBT persons in Israel became more accepted in their communities. Until fairly recently, Orthodox people in...
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The Best Strangers in the World by Ari Shapiro
Stories from a Life Spent Listening From the beloved host of NPR’s All Things Considered, a stirring memoir-in-essays that is also a lover letter to journalism. In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes...
‘Male and Female’ by Moshe Idel
Equality, Female Theurgy, and Procreation – R. Moshe Cordovero’s Dual Ontology (2 volume set) The present study engages the centrality of the bifurcations of male-female entities in the vast corpus of the Safedian Kabbalist...
Vince Leo: Remembered as a Blessing by Vince Leo
Visitation Stones in Jewish Cemeteries Essays by Rabbi Morris J Allen and Daniel Mendelsohn A beautifully somber photographic meditation on an ancient Jewish ritual The Jewish tradition of leaving a stone or pebble at...
Totally Kosher: Tradition with a Twist! by Chanie Apfelbaum
150+ Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day: A Cookbook More than 150 fun, flavorful, and modern kosher recipes inspired by dishes from around the world—featuring quick-and-easy weekday meals, traditional recipes, and unfussy holiday...
Planning Perfect by Haley Neil
In this charming, heartfelt YA romcom about being on the asexual spectrum, a girl tries to craft the perfect wedding for her mother but discovers that sometimes the best parts of life can’t be...
The Legacy of Moses and Akhenaten: A Jewish Perspective by Sheldon L. Lebold
Were Moses and the Pharoah Akhenaten One and the Same?Modern historians and scholars, beginning with Sigmund Freud, have debated the controversial theory that Pharaoh Akhenaten, vilified and deposed for establishing monotheism in Egypt, was...
The 45 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February 2023
Here is the list of the 45 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February 2023. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Under-the-Sea Seder by Ann D. Koffsky
Miri is having trouble focusing during her family’s Passover seder. Her parents would like her to sit quietly and listen, but she just CAN’T. So Miri slips under the table where her spirited imagination...
Take What You Need by Idra Novey
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Oprah Daily, Vulture, Today.com, Elle, and Lit Hub. From “one of the finest and bravest novelists at work today,” (Vulture) award-winning writer Idra Novey has conjured...
