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Essay How Can You Make King David into a Villain? Earlier this week, Michal Lemberger wrote about Lot’s wife and the other nameless women of the Bible. She is the author of the recently published book After Abel and… Michal Lemberger April 22, 2015
Essay Looking Back at Lot’s Wife Michal Lemberger is the author of the book After Abel and Other Stories. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe series.Lot’s Wife.… Michal Lemberger April 20, 2015
Nonfiction Masorah and Text Criticism in the Early Modern Mediterranean: Moshe Ibn Zabara and Menahem De Lonzano Jordan S. Penkower
Jewish Text The Monk’s Haggadah: A Fifteenth-Century Illuminated Codex from the Monastery of Tegernsee David Stern, Christoph Markschies, Sarit Shavlen-Eyni, eds.
Nonfiction Daily Wisdom: Inspiring Insights on the Torah Portion from the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Wisnefsky
Poetry Cain and Maples: The Villain’s Villanelle by Dan OrnsteinLaunching on Tu B’shvat of 5775, the Jewish Book Council is delighted to publish original works of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction in… Dan Ornstein February 4, 2015
Nonfiction The Aura of Torah: A Kabbalistic-Hasidic Commentary to the Weekly Readings Rabbi Larry Tabick
Nonfiction A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding and Teaching the Art of Text Study in Pairs Elie Holzer with Orit Kent
Interview Interview: Rabbi Sandy Sasso by Michal Hoschander MalenJBW’s Michal Hoschander Malen interviewed Rabbi Sandy Sasso about the many children’s books she has authored and about where she finds the… Michal Hoschander Malen November 13, 2014
Excerpt Read an Excerpt from Lore Segal’s Half the Kingdom Last year, we were excited to feature Lore Segal — of whom we’re adoring fans here at Jewish Book Council — and her newest novel Half the Kingdom, which was published in… Lore Segal November 10, 2014
