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    Torah & Text

    Essay

    Nao­mi, Ruth, and the South

    Ear­li­er this week, Lenore Weiss wrote about Rab­bi Levi Sel­wyn and Torah ​“Kosher­ing” and asked Rab­bi Sel­wyn a few ques­tion about the process. Her most recent…
    Lenore Weiss
    August 8, 2014
    Interview

    Torah Kosher­ing: Take Two

    Ear­li­er this week, Lenore Weiss wrote about Rab­bi Levi Sel­wyn and Torah ​“Kosher­ing.” Her most recent col­lec­tion, Two Places, is now avail­able. She is blog­ging here…
    Lenore Weiss
    August 6, 2014
    Essay

    A Job for a Sofer

    Lenore Weiss​’s most recent col­lec­tion,Two Places, is now avail­able. She is blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s Vis­it­ing Scribe series.With a ready…
    Lenore Weiss
    August 4, 2014
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    Eat­ing the Bible: Over 50 Deli­cious Recipes to Feed Your Body and Nour­ish Your Soul
    Rena Ross­ner
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Patch­work Torah
    Allison Ofanansky; Elsa Oriol, illus.
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    Visu­al Arts
    Jew­ish Artists and the Bible in Twen­ti­eth-Cen­tu­ry America
    Saman­tha Baskind
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    Non­fic­tion
    The Ear­ly Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings
    Everett Fox
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    From Ene­my to Friend: Jew­ish Wis­dom and the Pur­suit of Peace
    Amy Eil­berg
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    Non­fic­tion
    How the Bible Became Holy
    Michael L Satlow
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    The Bible’s Cut­ting Room Floor
    Joel Hoff­man
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    The Just Mar­ket: Torah’s Response to the Cri­sis of the Mod­ern Economy
    Jonathan Brandow
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    Chap­ters of the Heart: Jew­ish Women Shar­ing the Torah of our Lives
    Sue Levi Elwell and Nancy Fuchs Kreimer
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    Jew­ish Text
    The New Union Hag­gadah, Revised Edition
    Rabbi Howard A. Berman and Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman
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    Jew­ish Text
    The Medieval Hag­gadah Anthol­o­gy with the Com­men­tary of Rab­bi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
    David Holzer
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    Jew­ish Text
    The Hyper-Mod­ern Ancient With-It Tra­di­tion­al Haggadah
    Tzvi Freeman
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    A Bride for One Night: Tal­mud Tales
    Dr. Ruth Calderon; Ilana Kurshan, trans.
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