Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics
The Hebrew language has one of the longest attested histories of any of the world’s languages, with records of its use from antiquity until modern times. Although it ceased to be a spoken language...
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Jewish Artists and the Bible in Twentieth-Century America by Samantha Baskind
Jack Levine, George Segal, Audrey Flack, Larry Rivers, and R. B. Kitaj have long been considered central artists in the canon of twentieth-century American art: Levine for his biting paintings and prints of social...
Many Seconds into the Future: Ten Stories by John J. Clayton
The stories in John J. Clayton’s newest collection are luminous, expressing a struggle to see growth and meaning in life as much as possible. Nearly all focus on family, and the characters, most of...
A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York by Liana Finck
Liana Finck’s new graphic novel A Bintel Brief blends history and imagination to create an experience that is rich, immersive, and satisfying. It begins when a young woman receives a notebook from her grandmother...
Sylvia Porter’s Money Book: How to Earn it, Spend it, Save it, Invest it, Borrow it, and Use it to Better Your Life
In the 1930s-1980s, where did you get your financial news? The smart money was on an insightful journalist and economist with the enigmatic byline S.F. Porter. …Sylvia devoted herself to making finance easily understandable...
Traditional Society in Transition: The Yemeni Jewish Experience by Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman
In Traditional Society in Transition: The Yemeni Jewish Experience Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman offers an account of the unique circumstances of Yemeni Jewish existence in the wake of major changes since the second half of...
Becoming Freud: The Making of a Psychoanalyst by Adam Phillips
Becoming Freud is the story of the young Freud—Freud up until the age of fifty—that incorporates all of Freud’s many misgivings about the art of biography. Freud invented a psychological treatment that involved the telling...
Cowgirl by Java Davis
Turn-of-the-Century Jewish Girl with Attitude!! Coming of Age; Western; Humor In California at the turn of the century, teenager Risa decides an arranged marriage is not for her. Her younger brother Yani gets expelled...
Transgender and Jewish by Naomi Zeveloff
“Transgender and Jewish” explores the world of trans Jews as they help congregations and denominations move beyond rigid definitions of male and female. Trans Jews direct summer camps, write ritual and even lead prayer...
At God’s Mercy by L. L. Fine
Poland, World War II A desperate young Jewish woman sacrifices her life to save her baby twins. Decades later, in New York, Rabbi Jeremiah Neumann discovers the existence of his long lost twin. He...
