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Essay It’s No Accident the Final Commandment Is to Write Beth Kissileff is the author of Reading Genesis and a new novel, Questioning Return. She is guest blogging for the Jewish Book Council all week as part of the… Beth Kissileff October 23, 2016
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 Lessons in Leadership: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Ronald Heifetz, fwd.
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
Essay In the Beginning, Dr. Ruth Read Genesis 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 February 29, 2016
Nonfiction The Bible Doesn’t Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings Joel Hoffman
Visual Arts The Illuminated Torah: Paintings and Essays on the Weekly Portions Avner Moriah and Shulamit Laderman