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Nonfiction The Invention of Jewish Identity: Bible, Philosophy, and the Art of Translation Aaron H. Hughes
Nonfiction Meneket Rivkah: A Manual of Wisdom and Piety for Jewish Women Rivkah bat Meir; Samuel Spinner, trans.
Nonfiction My Future is in America: Autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish Immigrants Jocelyn Cohen and Daniel Soyer, ed. and trans.
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: Eden Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterYael Hedaya, a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her novel Accidents, is a favorite here at… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 30, 2011
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: My Russian Grandmother and Her American… Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterNational Jewish Book Award Winner Meir Shalev has a memoir coming out on October 4th (translated by NETWORK… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 23, 2011
Essay Samuel Thrope: International Historian of Mystery On Monday, Aaron Roller, an editor of Mima’amakim, wrote about the Jewish poetry conspiracy.Of all the poets whose work I’ve come across while reviewing… Aaron Roller March 2, 2011
Essay JBC in Jerusalem: Simtaot Books Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterOur friends over at Urim Publications connected us with one of their new colleagues in the field, Simtaot… Naomi Firestone-Teeter February 23, 2011
Recommended Reading War & Love, Love & War Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterPoet Aharon Shabtai’s latest collection, War & Love, Love & War, is now available. Words without Borders recently… Naomi Firestone-Teeter December 9, 2010
Recommended Reading Jewish Book World Review: To the End of the Land Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn honor of David Grossman making Amazon’s top ten this year, and with the winter issue going in the mail next, we thought we’d offer… Maron L. Waxman November 5, 2010
