The Pugilist’s Daughter by Judith Lynn Antelman
From “THE PUGILIST IN TWELVE ROUNDS” When I was eight years old, my father taught mehow to box and I have been sparring my wayinto and out of his corners ever since. In oneof...
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Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era by Courtney J. P. Friesen
While many ancient Jewish and Christian leaders voiced opposition to Greek and Roman theater, this volume demonstrates that by the time the public performance of classical drama ceased at the end of antiquity the...
Before the Storm by James D. Shipman
A Thrilling Historical Novel of Real Life Nazi Hunters Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Kristin Hannah, and Pam Jenoff, this thrilling, high-stakes Cold War novel from a bestselling author follows one couple’s relentless...
The Jewish Reformation by Michah Gottlieb
Bible Translation and Middle-Class German Judaism as Spiritual Enterprise In the late eighteenth century, German Jews began entering the middle class with remarkable speed. That upward mobility, it has often been said, coincided with...
How to Get to Savta’s for Shabbat by Varda Livney
Through the jungle, down the slide, up to the moon, and onto a cloud . . . the journey to Shabbat dinner at Savta’s (Hebrew for “grandmother’s”) house is full of adventure!
Sons of Saviors: The Red Jews in Yiddish Culture by Rebekka Voß
Jewish Culture and Contexts Envisioned as a tribe of ruddy-faced, redheaded, red-bearded Jewish warriors, bedecked in red attire who purportedly resided in isolation at the fringes of the known world, the Red Jews are...
Soloveitchik’s Children by Daniel Ross Goodman
Irving Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish Theology in America Jews and Judaism: History and Culture Orthodox Judaism is one of the fastest-growing religious communities in contemporary American life. Anyone...
The Land of Hope and Fear by Isabel Kershner
Israel’s Battle for Its Inner Soul A rich, wide-ranging portrait of the divisions among Israelis today, at a critical juncture in their country’s history, by a veteran New York Times correspondent who has spent...
Why God Why? How to Believe In Heaven When It Hurts Like Hell by Gershon Schusterman
Rabbi Gershon Schusterman knew all the textbook answers when comforting bereaved community members who asked him, “Where is God? If God is loving, how could this happen?” But when the rabbi’s young wife died...
Centuries Will Not Suffice by Prit Buttar
A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust 95% of Lithuania’s more than 200,000 Jews were exterminated during the Holocaust. Why did this small Baltic state prove to be the most efficient killing field of all?...
