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Bible Stories

Cover of The Giant, the Slingshot, and the Future King
Chil­dren’s
The Giant, the Sling­shot, and the Future King
Tammar Stein; Dodo Maeder, illus.
Essay

Seraphim, Cheru­bim, and More: Mon­sters in the Bible

Esther J. Hamori
October 27, 2023
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Non­fic­tion
Abra­ham: The Sto­ry of a Journey
Jonathan Grossman
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Non­fic­tion
How the Tal­mud Can Change Your Life: Sur­pris­ing­ly Mod­ern Advice from a Very Old Book
Liel Lei­bovitz
Essay

Pic­ture Books as Fem­i­nist Midrash

Eri­ca Lyons
September 4, 2023
Cover of Babylon: A Novel of Jewish Captivity
Fic­tion
Baby­lon: A Nov­el of Jew­ish Captivity
Michelle Cameron
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Fic­tion
DAUGH­TER OF A PROMISE
Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
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Chil­dren’s
The Koren Tanakh Graph­ic Nov­el: Esther
Jordan Gorfinkel; Yael Nathan, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Eve and Adam and Their Very First Day
Leslie Kimmelman; Irina Avgustinovich, illus.
Cover of Biblical Women Speak: Hearing Their Voices through New and Ancient Midrash
Non­fic­tion
Bib­li­cal Women Speak: Hear­ing Their Voic­es through New and Ancient Midrash
Mar­la Feldman
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Chil­dren’s
There’s a Gob­lin on the Ark!
Susan Tarcov; Mackinzie Rekers, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Moses and the Run­away Lamb
Jacqueline Jules; Eleanor Rees Howell, illus.
Cover of Dream Big, Laugh Often and More Great Advice from the Bible
Chil­dren’s
Dream Big, Laugh Often and More Great Advice from the Bible
Hanoch Piven and Shira Hecht-Koller
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Chil­dren’s
Nuri and the Whale
Ronit Chacham; Moran Yogev, illus.
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Excerpt: ​‘Feed­ing Women of the Tal­mud, Feed­ing Ourselves’

Kenden Alfond
December 12, 2022
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Chil­dren’s
Deb­o­rah’s Tree
Jane Yolen; Cosei Kawa, illus.
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