Woody: The Biography by David Evanier
In this first biography of Woody Allen in over a decade, David Evanier discusses key movies, plays and prose as well as Allen’s personal life. Evanier tackles the themes that Allen has spent a...
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The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France by Ethan B. Katz
Headlines from France suggest that Muslims have renewed an age-old struggle against Jews and that the two groups are once more inevitably at odds. But the past tells a different story. The Burdens of...
November 2015 Jewish Book Carnival
The November Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod at Adventures in MamaLand at http://www.mamaland.org/2015/11/if-this-is-kislev-so-soon-this-must-be.html. You’ll find links to Jewish book...
The Debt of Tamar by Nicole Dweck
In 2002, thirty-two-year-old Selim Osman, the last descendant of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, flees Istanbul for New York. In a twist of fate he meets Hannah, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and...
Return to Casablanca: Jews, Muslims, and an Israeli Anthropologist by André Levy
In this book, Israeli anthropologist André Levy returns to his birthplace in Casablanca to provide a deeply nuanced and compelling study of the relationships between Moroccan Jews and Muslims there. Ranging over a century...
The Book of Life Podcast: #Readukkah & Mitzvah Cards
The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi Estrin, features information about the #Readukkah Jewish reading challenge, and an interview with Rabbi Goldie Milgrim about Mitzvah Cards and other...
The 613 by Archie Rand
Archie Rand’s career as an artist spans five decades and myriad themes and genres. Among his pioneering explorations, The 613 is surely one of his most ambitious feats yet. Without any idea where the...
Talks on the Parasha by Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz
Short essays on parashat hashavua Talks on the Parasha recreates the warm, intimate atmosphere of a personal encounter with Rabbi Steinsaltz. While providing insights that are meaningful for the Jewish collective, it speaks to...
The Stone of the Tenth Realm by Eva Gordon
Sophie Katz, a Jewish chemistry student, harrowingly escapes a Nazi concentration camp. By way of Prague and with the help of a golem and a magic stone, she is transported into the Tenth Realm,...
The Bible Retold by Jewish Artists, Writers, Composers and Filmmakers by Helen Leneman and Barry Dov Walfish
Helen Leneman and Barry Dov Walfish, both specialists in biblical reception history, have compiled an unusually rich collection of new essays by experts in their fields. This book is a pioneering attempt to portray...
