Items with the tag: egypt | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Goodbye, Tahrir Square: Coming of Age as a Jew of the Nile

Goodbye, Tahrir Square: Coming of Age as a Jew of the Nile

Cover of The Midwives' Escape: From Egypt to Jericho

The Midwives’ Escape: From Egypt to Jericho

Essay

Midwives and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Writing Historical Fiction

Maggie Anton

March 3, 2025

Essay

The Making of Diaspora in the Ancient World

Malka Z. Simkovich

December 30, 2024

Cover of Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo

Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo

Cover of Roman Year: A Memoir

Roman Year: A Memoir

Cover of Schlepping Across The Nile: Collected Stories

Schlepping Across The Nile: Collected Stories

Cover of The Human Rights Haggadah

The Human Rights Haggadah

Essay

Inventing Zacharias: Writing Mizrahi Stories

Jasmin Attia

July 10, 2023

Cover of Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt

Living with the Law: Gender and Community Among the Jews of Medieval Egypt

Cover of A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean

A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean

Leïla Sebbar, cur.; Lia Brozgal and Rebecca Glasberg, eds.; Jane Kuntz, Rebekah Vince, and Robert Watson, trans.

Cover of Picture in the Sand

Picture in the Sand

Cover of The Plagues of Pharaoh

The Plagues of Pharaoh

Essay

A Return to the Source: On Translating Tobie Nathan’s ‘A Land Like You’

Joyce Zonana

June 14, 2021

Cover of A Land Like You

A Land Like You

Tobie Nathan; Joyce Zonana, trans.

Cover of Hiding Baby Moses

Hiding Baby Moses

Judith L. Roth, Melanie Cataldo (illus.)