The 75 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in August 2022
Here is the list of the 75 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in August 2022. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Tagged: Adam Kirsch
The Discarded Life by Adam Kirsch
In these moving and meditative poems, Adam Kirsch shows how the experiences and recognitions of early life continue to shape us into adulthood. Richly evoking a 1980s childhood in Los Angeles, Kirsch uses Gen...
The 64 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in March 2022
Here is the list of the 64 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in March 2022. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on...
Come and Hear by Adam Kirsch
What I Saw in My Seven-and-a-Half-Year Journey through the Talmud A literary critic’s journey through the Talmud. Spurred by a curiosity about Daf Yomi—a study program launched in the 1920s in which Jews around...
Black Friday ideas: Most popular Jewish books in October
There are over 3000 books on this website, added over a ten+ year period. In the month of October 2020 these five books were the most visited here. I am sharing this now in...
The 84 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2020
Here is the list of the 84 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2020. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on...
The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century by Adam Kirsch
An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts. Following The People and the Books, which “covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish...
Who Wants to Be A Jewish Writer?: And Other Essays by Adam Kirsch
From one of today’s keenest critics comes a collection of essays on poetry, religion, and the connection between the two Adam Kirsch is one of today’s finest literary critics. This collection brings together his...
The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick
A memoir of self-discovery and the dilemma of connection in our time, The Odd Woman and the City explores the rhythms, chance encounters, and ever-changing friendships of urban life that forge the sensibility of...
The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The one group of American Jews who still have a vital connection with the immigrant experience are those who came here from the Soviet Union in the...
