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Essay Sacred Pools Earlier this week, Michelle Brafman wrote about the tahara, Jewish burial rituals. She is the author of the debut novel Washing the Dead and will be blogging here all… Michelle Brafman April 29, 2015
Essay Washing the Dead: The Wonder of Ritual Michelle Brafman’s debut novel Washing the Dead is being published this week by Prospect Park Books. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council’s… Michelle Brafman April 27, 2015
Essay What the Lifetime Adaptation of Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent Missed Earlier this week, Michal Lemberger wrote about turning King David into a villain and Lot’s wife and the other nameless women of the Bible. She is the author of the… Michal Lemberger April 24, 2015
Essay How Can You Make King David into a Villain? Earlier this week, Michal Lemberger wrote about Lot’s wife and the other nameless women of the Bible. She is the author of the recently published book After Abel and… Michal Lemberger April 22, 2015
Essay Looking Back at Lot’s Wife Michal Lemberger is the author of the book After Abel and Other Stories. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe series.Lot’s Wife.… Michal Lemberger April 20, 2015
Essay This Book Club and That Book Club Earlier this week, Barbara Stark-Nemon wrote about writing visual arts into literature and how her family chose to remember Germany after World War II. She is the… Barbara Stark-Nemon April 17, 2015
