New Jewish Books
As the Statue of Liberty stood unlit and unloved by American politicians in 1886, one of her saviors was creating a theatrical sensation at New York’s Fourteenth Street Theatre. Actor M. B. Curtis, who...
Editor, Introduction: Rena Potok Contributors: David Bassuk, Carol Rocamora, Aaron Posner While Chaim Potok is most famous for his novels, particularly his first book The Chosen (1967)—which was listed on The New York Times bestseller list for 39...
Illustrator: Dan & Yoel Bar-Lev This is the story of the Titanic, the legendary ship that could never sink, interlaced with the tale of Moshe, a poor village boy who moves to the big...
Zohar-“the book of Splendor, Radiance, Enlightenment”–has fascinated readers from its first appearance in thirteenth-century Spain until today. It is the major text of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. To assure the acceptance of his...
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...
