Exodus: A Memoir by Deborah Feldman
In 2009, at the age of twenty-three, Deborah Feldman walked away from the rampant oppression, abuse, and isolation of her Satmar upbringing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to forge a better life for herself and her...
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A Town of Empty Rooms by Karen E. Bender
Author Karen Bender weaves a number of provocative themes into this emotional and timely story set in a small community in North Carolina. Dan and Serena, newly relocated from New York City to a...
I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
What is life really like as a Satmar? I Am Forbidden opens the window and then pushes the reader right through the door of the insular Williamsburg, Brooklyn religious community. Anouk Markovits, raised in...
The Passover Story With Zombies: For Children Who Love Zombies by Rachel Mintz and David Levin
For 7-13 years old children who love Zombies, and are bored from cutie tales! When there are Zombies in the plot, it’s just gets better! 20 Chapters on the Jewish people who were slaves...
Rabbinic Discourse as a System of Knowledge: “The Study of Torah is Equal to them All”
By Hannah E. Hashkes In Rabbinic Discourse as a System of Knowledge Hannah Hashkes employs contemporary philosophy in describing rabbinic reasoning as a rational response to experience. Hashkes combines insights from the philosophy of...
Saul Bellow: There Is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction
Editor: Benjamin Taylor The year 2015 marks several literary milestones: the centennial of Saul Bellow’s birth, the tenth anniversary of his death, and the publication of Zachary Leader’s much anticipated biography. Bellow, a Nobel...
Lincoln and the Jews: A History by Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell
One hundred and fifty years after Abraham Lincoln’s death, the full story of his extraordinary relationship with Jews is told here for the first time. Lincoln and the Jews: A History provides readers both...
A Cultural History of Aramaic by Holger Gzella
From the Beginnings to the Advent of Islam Aramaic is a constant thread running through the various civilizations of the Near East, ancient and modern, from 1000 BCE to the present, and has been...
The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition by Roberta Rosenthal Kwall
A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition. This myth suggests that law and culture are independent of one another. In...
Visible City by Tova Mirvis (The Book of Life podcast)
The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi Estrin, features an interview with Tova Mirvis, author of The Ladies Auxiliary and The Outside World, about her newest novel, Visible...
