The 54 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in April 2023
Here is the list of the 54 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in April 2023. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
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Jewish Studies on Premodern Periods by Carl S. Ehrlich, Sara R. Horowitz (Editors)
This volume examines new developments in the fields of premodern Jewish studies over the last thirty years. The essays in this volume, written by leading experts, are grouped into four overarching temporal areas: the...
Kibbitz and Nosh by Marcia Bricker Halperin
When We All Met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria On a winter’s day in the mid-1970s the photographer Marcia Bricker Halperin sought warm refuge and, camera in hand, passed through the revolving doors of Dubrow’s Cafeteria...
The House of Love and Prayer: and Other Stories by Tova Reich
In this extraordinary collection of short fiction, Tova Reich dives deep into the world of Orthodox Jewry—a world that her stories, like the shows “Unorthodox” and “Shtisel,” embrace with respect and affection while also...
The Unknown History of Jewish Women Through the Ages by Rachel Elior
On Learning and Illiteracy: On Slavery and Liberty The Unknown History of Jewish Women–On Learning and Illiteracy: On Slavery and Liberty is a comprehensive study on the history of Jewish women, which discusses their...
Lemons in the Fog by Chaya Rochel Zimmerman
Meir Rosen is a mature, responsible bachur who’s excited to be in a post-high-school yeshivah in Eretz Yisrael—a year filled with Torah study, visits to the Kosel, and touring ancient sites. But periods of...
A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse by Yaron Eliav
Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient Rome Public bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and...
Political Power: Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Michael Frizell
A former actor and comedian, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy serves as the sixth president of Ukraine. At the height of his popularity on national television, playing the president in The Servant of the People, he...
Friendship in Jewish History, Religion, and Culture by Lawrence Fine
Dimyonot: Jews and the Cultural Imagination The ubiquity of friendship in human culture contributes to the fallacy that ideas about friendship have not changed and remained consistent throughout history. It is only when we...
Daddy, Can You Make Me Tall? by Rona Novick PhD
Illustrator: Ana Sebastian Shabbat is coming!I can’t reach my shirt.Daddy, can you make me tall?I can’t make you tall,but I can bring you a stooland hold your handas you climb up and up and...
