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Torah & Text

Cover of Hebrew Infusion
Non­fic­tion
Hebrew Infu­sion
Sarah Bunin Benor
Jonathan B. Krasner
Sharon Avni
Cover of Inside the Torah: Narrative, Interpretation, and Mystical Meanings
Non­fic­tion
Inside the Torah: Nar­ra­tive, Inter­pre­ta­tion, and Mys­ti­cal Meanings
Rab­bi Char­na Klein
Essay

A Cen­tral Chal­lenge in Trans­lat­ing the Bible 

Robert Alter
May 25, 2020
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Nah­manides: Law and Mysticism
Moshe Halbertal, Daniel Tabak (trans.)
Cover of The Land of Truth: Talmud Tales, Timeless Teachings
Jew­ish Text
The Land of Truth: Tal­mud Tales, Time­less Teachings 
Jef­frey L. Rubenstein
Cover of Giving: The Essential Teaching of the Kabbalah
Non­fic­tion
Giv­ing: The Essen­tial Teach­ing of the Kabbalah
Aryeh Siegel
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Jacob and Joseph, Judais­m’s Archi­tects: Birth of the Ego Ideal
Nathan Moses Szajnberg
Cover of The Mussar Torah Commentary: A Spiritual Path to Living a Meaningful and Ethical Life
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The Mus­sar Torah Com­men­tary: A Spir­i­tu­al Path to Liv­ing a Mean­ing­ful and Eth­i­cal Life
Bar­ry H. Block
Cover of Oranges for Eve: My Brave, Beautiful, Badass Journey to the Feminine Divine
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Oranges for Eve: My Brave, Beau­ti­ful, Badass Jour­ney to the Fem­i­nine Divine
Tama­ra Kolton
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The Human Rights Haggadah
Shlo­mo Levin
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Can Robots Be Jew­ish?: Inspi­ra­tional Rab­bis Answer Press­ing Ques­tions of Mod­ern Life
Amy E. Schwartz

‘Sacred Sto­ries as Metaphor’: A Mod­ern Retelling of Bib­li­cal Stories

Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
August 19, 2019
Cover of Creation Colors
Chil­dren’s
Cre­ation Colors
Ann D. Koffsky
Cover of A Year with Mordecai Kaplan: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion
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A Year with Morde­cai Kaplan: Wis­dom on the Week­ly Torah Portion
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
Cover of Gleanings: Reflections on Ruth
Non­fic­tion
Glean­ings: Reflec­tions on Ruth
Stu­art Halpern
Essay

How Elie Wiesel Taught Me to Grap­ple with Dif­fi­cult Reli­gious Texts

When a text dis­ap­points us with an anti-human mes­sage, we will avoid the sin of pre­ma­ture for­give­ness, of let­ting the text off the hook too easily.

Ariel Burg­er
February 26, 2019
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