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Nonfiction What Every Christian Needs to Know About Passover: What It Is And Why It Matters Evan Moffic
Essay Internal Dialogue: What’s With All the Social Justice Seders? Posted by Nat BernsteinI’m afraid to admit it, but I have little patience for Passover. Almost none. And the seder least of all.Don’t get me wrong: I observe the… Nat Bernstein April 9, 2015
Nonfiction All the World: Universalism, Particularism, and the High Holidays Lawrence A. Hoffman, ed.
Jewish Text The Monk’s Haggadah: A Fifteenth-Century Illuminated Codex from the Monastery of Tegernsee David Stern, Christoph Markschies, Sarit Shavlen-Eyni, eds.
Essay Jews and Their Many Questions Earlier this week, Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff wrote about how he approaches challenging queries and the benefits of crowdfunding one’s book. His book, Jew Got… Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff January 9, 2015
Essay Chanukah: A Repository of Memory Ronna Wineberg is the author of On Bittersweet Place, her first novel, and a debut collection, Second Language, which won the New Rivers Press Many Voices Project… Ronna Wineberg December 22, 2014
Essay Woody Guthrie’s Hanukkah Songs Rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut, PhD is the author of A Kosher Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Jewish (Rutgers University Press). Visit his web site and seasonal blog at… Rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut December 15, 2014
Recommended Reading A Guide To Selecting Your Perfect Chanukah Book Posted by Chava LanskyHere’s your guide to selecting your perfect book for Chanukah this year! Want a larger version? Click the image! You can find links to all of… Chava Lansky December 8, 2014
