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Items with the tag:

middle ages & medieval period

Cover of The Forbidden Book
Chil­dren’s
The For­bid­den Book
Sacha Lamb
Essay

Not So(w) Kosher? Nine Jew­ish Facts About the Pig

Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
October 7, 2024
Cover of Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig
Non­fic­tion
For­bid­den: A 3,000-Year His­to­ry of Jews and the Pig
Jor­dan D. Rosenblum
Cover of Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace
Non­fic­tion
Jerusalem Falls: Sev­en Cen­turies of War and Peace
John D. Hosler
Cover of Jews, Food, and Spain: The Oldest Medieval Spanish Cookbook and the Sephardic Culinary Heritage
Non­fic­tion
Jews, Food, and Spain: The Old­est Medieval Span­ish Cook­book and the Sephardic Culi­nary Heritage
Hélène Jawhara Piñer
Cover of Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages
Non­fic­tion
Bib­li­cal Women and Jew­ish Dai­ly Life in the Mid­dle Ages
Eli­she­va Baumgarten
Cover of England's Jews: Finance, Violence, and the Crown in the Thirteenth Century
Non­fic­tion
Eng­land’s Jews: Finance, Vio­lence, and the Crown in the Thir­teenth Century
John Tolan
Cover of Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe
Non­fic­tion
Jews and Crime in Medieval Europe
Ephraim Shoham-Steiner
Cover of The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance
Non­fic­tion
The Beau­ty and the Ter­ror: An Alter­na­tive His­to­ry of the Ital­ian Renaissance
Cather­ine Fletcher
Cover of The Eight Knights of Hanukkah
Chil­dren’s
The Eight Knights of Hanukkah
Leslie Kimmelman, Galia Bernstein (illus.)
Interview

JBC Authors at the Table: Gail Car­son Levine

Gail Car­son Levine
June 15, 2020
Essay

Gob­s­macked by Medieval Spain

Gail Car­son Levine
May 26, 2020
Cover of A Ceiling Made of Eggshells
Chil­dren’s
A Ceil­ing Made of Eggshells
Gail Car­son Levine
Excerpt—From the Journal

Excerpt: The Convert

Ste­fan Hertmans
April 28, 2020
Cover of Anya and the Dragon
Chil­dren’s
Anya and the Dragon
Sofiya Paster­nack
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Chil­dren’s
Ben and the Bishop
Judith Weinshall Liberman; Gail Davis, illus.
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