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Nonfiction Mixing Musics: Turkish Jewry and the Urban Landscape of a Sacred Song Maureen Jackson
Nonfiction A Vigilant Society: Jewish Thought and the State in Medieval Spain Javier Roiz; Selma L. Margaretten, trans.
Nonfiction Jews Under Moroccan Skies: Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life Raphael David Elmaleh and George Ricketts
Nonfiction Sephardism: Spanish Jewish History and the Modern Literary Imagination Yael Halevi-Wise, ed.
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The New Persian Kitchen Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJBC Network author Louisa Shafia returns with her latest cookbook, The New Persian Kitchen (Ten Speed Press). If this one is… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 25, 2013
Nonfiction From the Shahs to Los Angeles: Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture Saba Soomekh