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Essay Reading Tanakh with Christians Earlier this week, Julie Baretz wrote about why she decided to make aliyah. Her book, The Bible on Location: Off the Beaten Path in Ancient and Modern Israel, is now… Julie Baretz June 10, 2015
Nonfiction An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Anthony David
Fiction The Sound of the Sundial Hana Andronikova; Rachel Miranda Feingold, ed.; David Short, trans.
Nonfiction What Every Christian Needs to Know About Passover: What It Is And Why It Matters Evan Moffic
Nonfiction The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman
Essay How a Former Catholic Priest Gained a New Understanding of the Holocaust Salvatore Tagliareni is a storyteller, writer, business consultant, art dealer, and former Catholic priest. He is the author of the novels Hitler’s… Salvatore Tagliareni October 6, 2014
Nonfiction Jewish on Their Own Terms: How Intermarried Couples Are Changing American Judaism Jennifer A. Thompson
Nonfiction The Rabbi and the Nuns: The Inside Story of a Rabbi’s Therapeutic Work with the Sisters of St. Francis Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.
Essay Internal Dialogue: Portraits of Intermarriage Posted by Nat BernsteinThe findings of the Pew Research Center survey of United States Jews published last fall indicated a rise in Jewish intermarriage that… Nat Bernstein July 31, 2014
Nonfiction The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler Peter Eisner
Nonfiction Got Religion?: How Churches, Mosques, and Synagogues Can Bring Young People Back Naomi Schaefer Riley