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talmud

Cover of The Sages: Char­ac­ter, Con­text and Cre­ativ­i­ty, Vol. V: The Yeshivot of Babylonia and Israel
Non­fic­tion
The Sages: Char­ac­ter, Con­text and Cre­ativ­i­ty, Vol. V: The Yeshiv­ot of Baby­lo­nia and Israel
Binyamin Lau; Ilana Kur­shan, trans.
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Chil­dren’s
Nuri and the Whale
Ronit Chacham; Moran Yogev, illus.
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Announc­ing the Natan Notable Books Fall 2022 Winner

JBC Staff
January 5, 2023
Cover of Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves
Cook­book
Feed­ing Women of the Tal­mud, Feed­ing Ourselves
Kenden Alfond
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Non­fic­tion
Stop Look Lis­ten: Cel­e­brat­ing Shab­bos Through a Spir­i­tu­al Lens
Nehemia Polen
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Non­fic­tion
Pro­fes­sor of Apoc­a­lypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes
Jer­ry Z. Muller
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Fic­tion
The Choice: A Nov­el of Love, Faith, and Talmud
Mag­gie Anton
Essay

Under­torah: Exca­vat­ing the Land­scape of Our Dreams

Jill Ham­mer
February 21, 2022
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Non­fic­tion
Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Sev­en-and-a-Half-Year Jour­ney through the Talmud
Adam Kirsch
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Chil­dren’s
In the Mar­ket of Zakrobat
Ori Elon, Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator), Shira Atik (Translator)
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Non­fic­tion
Filled with Fire and Light: Por­traits and Leg­ends from the Bible, Tal­mud, and Hasidic World 
Elie Wiesel, Alan Rosen (Editor)
Essay

The Jew­ish Roots of ​‘The Escapement’

Lavie Tid­har
November 1, 2021
Poetry

What Remains

Aviya Kush­n­er
May 31, 2021
Essay

Moth­ers of the Bible

Sarah Blau
April 26, 2021
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Chil­dren’s
Osnat and Her Dove: The True Sto­ry of the World’s First Female Rabbi
Sigal Samuel, Vali Mintzi (illus.)
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Visu­al Arts
Out of the Nar­rows: The Artists’ Hag­gadah — A Visu­al Midrash
Jewish Artists Collective Chicago
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