Podcast: The Yiddish Fish by Santiago Cohen
The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi Estrin, features an interview with Santiago Cohen, author and illustrator of the picture book The Yiddish Fish, based on a true...
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More Fully Alive: The Benefits of Using Jewish Wisdom for Responding to Stress and Overload by Leonard Felder
Bestselling author and psychologist Leonard Felder, PhD has written several books on how to utilize Jewish spiritual methods for dealing with difficult people and stressful moments. His new book “More Fully Alive: The Benefits...
Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer
A high fantasy following a young woman’s defiance of her culture as she undertakes a dangerous quest to restore her world’s lost magic in Ilana C. Myer’s Last Song Before Night. Her name was...
Reading Genesis: Beginnings by Beth Kissileff
Deuteronomy 32:47 says the Pentateuch should not be ‘an empty matter.’ This new anthology from Beth Kissileff fills Genesis with meaning, gathering intellectuals and thinkers who use their professional knowledge to illuminate the Biblical...
From Ashes Into Light by Gudrun Mouw
FROM ASHES INTO LIGHT is a transpersonal tale of epic tragedy, spirituality, family, and personal redemption. It is told through three distinct voices: the haunting story of Ruth, a Jewish adolescent during Kristallnacht in...
Master of Ceremonies by Joel Gray
Joel Grey, the Tony and Academy Award-winning Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret finally tells his remarkable life story. Born Joel David Katz to a wild and wooly Jewish American family in Cleveland, Ohio in...
Shabbat Hiccups by Tracy Newman
Jonah loves Shabbat. But this week, as he helps his family set the table for dinner, something unexpected happens: he gets the hiccups! His sister, grandma, mom, cousin, and dad all suggest remedies, but...
Spinoza: The Outcast Thinker by Devra Lehmann
Serious. Sad. Informative. First-time author Devra Lehmann produces an outstanding explanation of the once-shocking philosophy of the now-revered Benedict de Spinoza. The detailed, chronological biography opens with a flashback to the most dramatic event...
Chosen People: The Rise of American Black Israelite Religions by Jacob S. Dorman
Jacob S. Dorman offers new insights into the rise of Black Israelite religions in America, faiths ranging from Judaism to Islam to Rastafarianism all of which believe that the ancient Hebrew Israelites were Black...
Books posted in February 2016
Here is the list of books that made it here during the month of February 2016: Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit Athar by Shlomo Kalo The Beautiful Possible by Amy Gottlieb Béla’s...
