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Bar­bara Andrews

Bar­bara Andrews holds a Mas­ters in Jew­ish Stud­ies from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chica­go, has been an adult Jew­ish edu­ca­tion instruc­tor, and works in the cor­po­rate world as a pro­fes­sion­al adult educator.
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The Ghet­to Swinger
Coco Shumann; John Howard, trans.
Non­fic­tion
God and Pol­i­tics in Esther
Yoram Hazony
Non­fic­tion
The Gram­mar of God: A Jour­ney into the Words and Worlds of the Bible
Aviya Kush­n­er
Fic­tion
The Fires of Autumn
Irène Némirovsky; Sandra Smith, trans.
Fic­tion
Lucky Us
Amy Bloom
Non­fic­tion
The Lost Matri­arch: Find­ing Leah in the Bible and the Midrash
Jerry Rabow
Non­fic­tion
Vio­lins of Hope: Vio­lins of the Holo­caust — Instru­ments of Hope and Lib­er­a­tion in Mankind’s Dark­est Hour
James A. Grymes
Fic­tion
The Keep­er of Secrets
Julie Thomas
Fic­tion
The Remains of Love: A Novel
Zeruya Shalev; Philip Simpson, trans.
Fic­tion
Fugi­tive Colors
Lisa Barr
Non­fic­tion
Sin­ning in the Hebrew Bible: How The Worst Sto­ries Speak for Its Truth
Alan F. Segal
Non­fic­tion
A Jew Among Romans: The Life and Lega­cy of Flav­ius Josephus
Frederic Raphael
Non­fic­tion
The First Mod­ern Jew: Spin­oza and the His­to­ry of an Image
Daniel B. Schwartz
Fic­tion
The Can­tor’s Daugh­ter: Stories
Scott Nadelson
Non­fic­tion
Sharon: The Life of a Leader
Gilad Sharon; Mitch Ginsburg, trans.

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The Poet­ics of Agnon from Syra­cuse UP

Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterIf you’re a Jew­ish Book World sub­scriber and enjoyed our 26:3 (Fall 2008) fea­ture on S.Y. Agnon, one of the fore­most Hebrew…
Bar­bara Andrews
April 22, 2009

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