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Nonfiction The Bridge Builder: The Life and Continuing Legacy of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Zev Chafets
Nonfiction The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France Ethan B. Katz
Essay No, I Have Not Read ‘The Jew in the Lotus’ Posted by Nat BernsteinWe all have one: that book recommended to us over and over again that we never read. Perhaps it becomes something of a personal badge past… Nat Bernstein July 9, 2015
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
Fiction The Sound of the Sundial Hana Andronikova; Rachel Miranda Feingold, ed.; David Short, trans.
Nonfiction An Improbable Friendship: The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Anthony David
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
