City of the Sun by Juliana Maio
Cairo, Egypt 1941. As the Second World War rages, the city known as ”Paris on the Nile” plays host to an international set who seem more interested in polo matches and swanky nightclubs than...
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The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Volume Eight
This eighth volume of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition consists of commentary on the end of Leviticus and the beginning of Numbers. Its most remarkable section is Idra Rabba—a dramatic narrative, in which Rabbi Shim’on...
The Scattered Tribe: Traveling the Diaspora from Cuba to India to Tahiti & Beyond
This book is an odyssey to discover exotic Jewish communities around the world––a road map of travel and adventure set in such locals as Russia (including Siberia), Tahiti, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Cuba, Morocco, Algeria,...
A Sliver of Light: Three Americans Imprisoned in Iran
A graduate of Berkeley’s program in environmental economics and policy, Joshua Fattal is an activist and organizer focused on sustainable development. Along with co-authors Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer, he has spoken at universities,...
Prepare for Pesach … B’simchah!
40 lifesaving lessons to help you make it to the finish line Is it really possible to get ready for Pesach with joy? Let Chava Dumas show you how! Believe it or not, it’s...
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD
In this cultural history – the tie-in to the PBS and BBC series “The Story of the Jews” – Simon Schama details the story of the Jewish people, tracing their experience across three millennia,...
The Opposite of Everything by David Kalish
When Brooklyn journalist Daniel Plotnick learns he has cancer, his fortunes fall faster than you can say Ten Plagues of Egypt. His wife can’t cope, his marriage ends in a showdown with police, and...
The Jewish Holidays-Stories of Empowerment, Activities and Games for Kids, Teens, Teachers and Parents
Would you like valuable quality time with your children/students that will instill in them some Jewish tradition? Would you like to enrich your children/students with fascinating contemporary stories of empowerment? Would you like games...
Podcast: The Seminar on Jewish Story
The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi Estrin, features an interview about the Seminar on Jewish Story taking place at Temple Emanu-El in NYC on May 18, 2014. This...
A Concise Lexicon of Late Biblical Hebrew
The Hebrew language may be divided into the Biblical, Mishnaic, Medieval, and Modern ?periods. Biblical Hebrew has its own distinct linguistic profile, exhibiting a diversity of styles and linguistic traditions extending over some one thousand...
