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Bible Stories

Cover of Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible
Non­fic­tion
Smash­ing the Tablets: Rad­i­cal Retellings of the Hebrew Bible
Sara Lipp­mann
Seth Rogoff
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Chil­dren’s
A Ring for a King: A Tale of King Solomon
Martha Simpson; D. Yael Bernhard, illus.
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The Mid­wives’ Escape: From Egypt to Jericho
Mag­gie Anton
Cover of To You I Call: Psalms Throughout Our Lives
Jew­ish Text
To You I Call: Psalms Through­out Our Lives
Jade Sank Ross
Cover of Let There Be Play: Bringing the Bible to Life with Young Children
Chil­dren’s
Let There Be Play: Bring­ing the Bible to Life with Young Children
Jonathan Shmidt Chapman; Hector Borlasca, illus.
Essay

Hope Beyond Despair: The Time­less Gift of Psalms

Jade Sank Ross
December 9, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
In the Begin­ning: My Sto­ry­book Bible
Jonathan Shmidt Chapman; César Garcés, illus.
Image description: Isaac blesses Jacob as Esau returns from his hunt, an animal slung over his shoulder and daggers strung to his pink tunic. Rebecca stands next to a round tree between her two sons, wearing a light blue tunic and a beige head covering and extending a hand to help Isaac with the blessing. The image is painted on beige parchment.
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Dis­abil­i­ty and Trans Torah: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Julia Watts Belser and Joy Ladin

Julia Watts Belser, Joy Ladin
September 9, 2024
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Chil­dren’s
The Apple Argument
Jane Yolen; Anita Barghigiani, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
The Sis­ters Z
Kerry Olitzky and Deborah Bodin Cohen; Lena Tohoff, illus.
Cover of The Hedgehog Who Said Who Cares?
Chil­dren’s
The Hedge­hog Who Said Who Cares?
Neri Aluma; Amit Trainin, illus.; Ilana Kurshan, trans.
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Chil­dren’s
The Devash Megillat Esther
Shoshanna Lockshin and Efrayim Unterman; Rivka Tsinman, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
A Beau­ti­ful World
Yael Gover; Paul Kor, illus.; Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann, trans.
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Chil­dren’s
All Aboard for Noah’s Ark!
Elana Azose; Monica Garofalo, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
The Giant, the Sling­shot, and the Future King
Tammar Stein; Dodo Maeder, illus.
Essay

Seraphim, Cheru­bim, and More: Mon­sters in the Bible

Esther J. Hamori
October 27, 2023
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