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holidays

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Chil­dren’s
I Have a Lit­tle Dreidel
Maxie Baum; Julie Paschkis, illus.
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Non­fic­tion
Being Jew­ish: The Spir­i­tu­al and Cul­tur­al Prac­tice of Judaism Today
Ari L. Goldman
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Cook­book
Jew­ish Cook­ing for all Sea­sons: Fresh, Fla­vor­ful Kosher Recipes for Hol­i­days and Every Day
Lau­ra Frankel
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Non­fic­tion
Rosh Hashanah Read­ings: Inspi­ra­tion, Infor­ma­tion, Contemplation
Dov Peretz Elkins
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Chil­dren’s
It’s Sho­far Time!
Latifa Berry Kropf; Tod Cohen, photographs
Essay

A Sukkah Occu­pies Wall Street

Last week, Rab­bi Jill Jacobs wrote about Sukkot and social jus­tice and asked dis­cussed the impor­tance of place. Her most recent book, Where Jus­tice…
Jill Jacobs
October 18, 2011
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Chil­dren’s
A Box of Candles
Laurie A. Jacobs. Shelly Ephraim, illus.
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Danc­ing on Tisha B’Av
Lev Raphael
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Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B’Sh­vat Anthology
Ari Elon, Naomi Mara Hyman, Arthur Waskow, eds.
Essay

Sukkot and Social Justice

Rab­bi Jill Jacobs is the author of Where Jus­tice Dwells: A Hands-On-Guide for Doing Social Jus­tice in Your Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ty (Jew­ish Lights).My…
Jill Jacobs
October 11, 2011
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Chil­dren’s
Hap­py Hanukkah, Corduroy
Don Freeman; Lisa McCue, illus.
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Non­fic­tion
Shab­bat: The Fam­i­ly Guide to Prepar­ing for and Wel­com­ing the Sabbath
Dr. Ron Wolfson
Essay

Feast of Famine

Lau­ren Shock­ey is the author of Four Kitchens: My Life Behind the Burn­er in New York, Hanoi, Tel Aviv, and Paris. She offered thoughts on Yom Kip­pur and break fast…
Lau­ren Shockey
October 10, 2011
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Chil­dren’s
A Tale of Two Seders
Mindy Avra Portnoy; Valerio Cis, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Dear Tree
Doba Rivka Weber; Phyllis Saroff, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Cakes and Mir­a­cles: A Purim Tale
Barbara Diamond Goldin; Jaime Zollars, illus.
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