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...
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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...
Free Kindle book on March 17, 2014: The Lamp of Darkness
In the Vein of The Alchemist, Harry Potter, and The Lord of the RingsThe Age of Prophecy series transports you back 3000 years, to the epic battle between the Israelite Kings and Prophets. Lev,...
March Jewish Book Carnival
In March, Jill at Rhapsody in Books reviewed One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper, about a rabbi’s son who is not convinced his life has any meaning. At once both tragic...
The Diary of Rywka Lipszyc
She was only 14. A sensitive Jewish girl with a flair for writing, trapped in the maelstrom of the Holocaust. The only repository for her deepest feelings: a diary, found abandoned soon after the...
Syrian Jewry in Transition, 1840-1880 by Yaron Harel
In offering a comprehensive account of Syria’s key Jewish communities at an important juncture in their history, this pioneering study – now available in paperback – also throws light on the broader effects of...
Encyclopedia Of The History Of Jewish Comedy by Harvey Sheldon
Harvey Sheldon’s History of Jewish Comedy reveals the Jewish contributions to American comedy. What made the Jewish comedians so popular with American audiences? Comedy has always been a distinguishing characteristic of the Jewish people....
Right on Time: The Torah Approach to Punctuality by Leo Davids
What we do in shul is central to our Avodas Hashem. It also shapes and develops our hearts and minds to become closer to Him, and better to our fellow man. In our days,...
A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales by Dr. Ruth Calderon
Ruth Calderon has recently electrified the Jewish world with her teachings of talmudic texts. In this volume, her first to appear in English, she offers a fascinating window into some of the liveliest and...
Book Giveaway for Purim & Lent: Reunions in Spring
This Purim/Lent I am giving away a genealogy/adoption chapbook for five days on Kindle, Friday, March 14th – Tuesday, March 18th. Here’s a description:“Reunions in Spring: Meditations for a Holiday Table” is based on...
