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Torah & Text

Essay

The Female Heroes of David and the Philis­tine Woman

Paul Boorstin
August 10, 2017
Essay

Why I Told David’s Sto­ry — and Why David Mat­ters Now

Paul Boorstin
August 8, 2017
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Non­fic­tion
The Heart of Torah, Vol­ume 1
Shai Held
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Non­fic­tion
Jus­tice for All: How the Jew­ish Bible Rev­o­lu­tion­ized Ethics
Jeremiah Unterman
Essay

The Bib­li­cal Inspi­ra­tions for My Fan­ta­sy Series

Noah Beit-Aharon
May 22, 2017
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Non­fic­tion
Unusu­al Bible Inter­pre­ta­tions: Ruth, Esther, and Judith
Israel Drazin
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Visu­al Arts
Embroi­dery and Sacred Text
Rachel Braun
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Poet­ry
Poets of the Bible
Willis Barn­stone
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Non­fic­tion
Thank You G‑d For Mak­ing Me a Woman
Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin
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Fic­tion
David and the Philis­tine Woman
Paul Boorstin
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Non­fic­tion
If All the Seas Were Ink
Ilana Kurshan Finalist for the 2018 Natan Book Award
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Jew­ish Text
The Illus­trat­ed Pirkei Avot
Jes­si­ca Tamar Deutsch
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Chil­dren’s
Adam’s Ani­mals
Barry L. Schwartz; Steliyana Doneva, illus.
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Rab­bi Aki­va: Sage of the Talmud
Barry W. Holtz
Essay

Tal­mud as Literature

Haim Watz­man
April 12, 2017
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Non­fic­tion
Essays on Ethics: A Week­ly Read­ing of the Jew­ish Bible
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Sen. Joseph Lieberman, fwd.
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