New Jewish Books
Approaching the Bible in an original way—comparing biblical heroes to heroes in world literature—Elliott Rabin addresses a core biblical question: What is the Bible telling us about what it means to be a hero? Focusing...
Illustrator: Frances Tyrrell Inspired by Jewish folklore, The Generous Fish is the story of a young boy named Reuven who takes a verse from scripture to “cast your bread upon the waters” (Ecclesiastes 11:1) quite literally....
Translator: Stephanie SmeeForward: Patrick Modiano In 1921, Françoise Frenkel—a Jewish woman from Poland—fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre, Berlin’s first French bookshop, attracting artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. The shop...
In ‘He is a Glutton and a Drunkard’: Deviant Consumption in the Hebrew Bible Rebekah Welton uses interdisciplinary approaches to explore the social and ritual roles of food and alcohol in Late Bronze Age to Persian-period...
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The Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, has been posted for March. Our host this month is The Book of Life Podcast. You can see the...
Illustrator: Carmel Ben-Ami Translator: Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann ‘You showed us all what a fantastic big brother you are!’ As Passover draws near, Eitan is excited about singing the Ma Nishtana – the Four Questions –...
What else could someone known as the “world’s most beautiful woman” offer? How about inventing a technology that allows us to use Wi-Fi? In one of the first books written for children about the...
Is it still a love triangle if there are only two people in it? There are a million things that Halle Levitt likes about her online best friend, Nash. He’s an incredibly talented graphic...
Editor: Chava Turniansky Translator: Sara Friedman “My dear children, I write this for you in case your dear children or grandchildren come to you one of these days, knowing nothing of their family. For...
