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Nonfiction Torah and Western Thought: Intellectual Portraits of Orthodoxy and Modernity Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik. Dr. Stuart W. Halpern, and Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier, eds.
Nonfiction The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus: Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia Maud Kozodoy
Recommended Reading Chanan Tigay’s Top 5 Books to Re-Read With the release of The Lost Book of Moses: The Search for the World’s Oldest Bible from HarperCollins tomorrow, author Chanan Tigay is guest blogging here all week as part… Chanan Tigay April 11, 2016
Nonfiction Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Ronald Heifetz, fwd.
Essay Making Sense of Esther: Beyond Beauty Rebecca Kanner’s second novel, Esther, is an adaptation of the story of the Megillah. With Purim on the horizon, Rebecca will be blogging here all week as part of the… Rebecca Kanner March 21, 2016
Nonfiction The Sages: Character, Context and Creativity, Vol. IV: From the Mishna to the Talmud Binyamin Lau; Ilana Kurshan, trans.
Essay Writing from Elsewhere Beth Kissileff is the editor of Reading Genesis: Beginnings, a collection of essays on the Hebrew Bible by experts in range of non-rabbinic fields. Beth is blogging… Beth Kissileff March 4, 2016
Essay Bringing Bling to the Bible Earlier this week, Beth Kissileff shared the experiences and conversations that inspired Reading Genesis, a collection of essays on the Hebrew Bible by experts… Beth Kissileff March 2, 2016
