Book Review: Mixed-Up Love
Jon M. Sweeney and Michal Woll have written an excellent addition to the growing canon of interfaith memoirs,...
Kids’ Books that Matter: Teach Them Faithfully to Your Children: The Study of Torah
I have always been fascinated by Scripture. Whether versions of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), New Testament,...
Boxed In: The Call in Option
It’s that time of the summer when we need to register for fall activities. This blog is a request to synagogues...
Is God Taboo?
Many will agree that taboo topics of conversation include sex, politics, money, and religion. We’re guided...
The Power of Reading
This year my parents hosted their 44th annual Passover seder. I’m not old enough to have been to them...
Til Faith Do Us Part
Right around Passover, there was some prominent coverage in the secular press about intermarriage due to the...
Life Lessons of The Purim Superhero
Have you heard the buzz? There’s a new children’s book out, just in time for Purim!
The Purim Superhero...
Reading About Food and History: 97 Orchard
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May 25, 2012
I just finished reading 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One...
Two New Haggadot For Your Passover Seder
Every year, a new crop of Haggadot (plural of Haggadah, the text read at Passover seders) goes to press. In...
What is Judaism?
[b][i]This is a guest post by Rabbi Evan Moffic on the topic of a new book that examines Jewish identity. It...
Kosher Jesus?
A difference between Christians and Jews, one could say, is that Christians believe the Messiah came (you might...
Hanukkah Books for Kids
I’m a college student with no access to children to test drive these books, but these books let me take...
My Interview with Cokie and Steve Roberts
I had a very interesting interview with Cokie and Steve Roberts last week. We talked about their book, [url=
http://www.amazon.com/Our-Haggadah-Traditions-Interfaith-Families/dp/0062018108/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302369201&sr=1-1-catcorr:2dmti5b0][i]Our...
More Portman
One of the people interviewed by Abigail Porgrebin for her 2005 book, [url=http://www.amazon.com/Stars-David-Prominent-About-Jewish/dp/0767916131]Stars...
The Jewish Days and Nights of Adrienne Rich
I received a review copy of [i]A Human Eye: Essays on Art in Society, 1997-2008[/i], a slim volume of Adrienne...
Learning from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I’m in the midst of one reading one of the best book series I have read in a while, the Millennium Trilogy...
Heroes, Horrors and Charoset: Three New Children’s Books for Passover
Review of Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon, Minneapolis: Kar-Ben,...
New Passover Books and Web Stuff
It wasn’t one of the plagues of Egypt–they expected the Nile to flood, and relied on the alluvial...
New Hanukkah Books Take Kids Places
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December 11, 2009
Review of Harvest of Light by Alison Ofanansky (Kar-Ben, 2009), Menorah Under the...
Jewish Book Month
Ah, Jewish Book Month is nearly over! Of course in my house, it’s always Jewish Book Month. Not that everything...
Can We Talk?
I was very happy to see a report on Beliefnet that the US Council of Catholic Bishops apologized to Jewish leaders...
Books, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Young Kids
Perfect Book for the Days of Awe
I love how some people want to generously include the whole world in their greetings on Rosh Hashanah. It makes...
After the Book is Closed: Children’s Books for the Fall Holidays
Reviews of Sukkot Treasure Hunt by Allison Ofanansky, illustrated by Eliyahu Alpern (Kar-Ben, 2009) and The...
New Ways or Old With Jewish Food?
Review of Jewish Holiday Cooking: A Food Lover’s Treasury of Classics and Improvisations, by Jayne Cohen...
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