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Essay Between the Lines and Under the Paint: Visual Midrash in Arise! Arise! Earlier this week, Debra Band shared the back story behind Arise! Arise! She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.These tales of… Debra Band December 5, 2012
Essay Arise! Arise! The Back Story Debra Band’s most recent book, Arise! Arise! Deborah, Ruth and Hannah, is now available. Her work in Hebrew illuminated manuscripts draws upon her love of both the… Debra Band December 3, 2012
Essay What Makes a Creative Process Jewish? Earlier this week, David Ebenbach wrote about what makes a short story Jewish. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.Is… David Ebenbach November 28, 2012
Recommended Reading New Children’s Siddur Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLast month, the fine folks over at Tribe, the Young United Synagogue in the UK, republished Siddur Shevet Asher (aka the… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 12, 2012
Nonfiction The Sages: Character, Context and Creativity; Vol. II: From Yavneh to the Bar Kokhba Revolt Binyamin Lau; Ilana Kurshan, trans.
Jewish Text The Jewish Annotated New Testament: New Revised Standard Version Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds.
Nonfiction Eyes to See: Recovering Ethical Torah Principles Lost in the Holocaust Rabbi Yom Tov Schwarcz; Avraham Leib Schwarcz, trans.
