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Back to SearchIlana Kurshan on Books as Blueprints for Life
As we approach Simchat Torah, when we roll the scroll back to the beginning and start reading again, Ilana Kurshan’s Children of the Book: A Memoir of Reading Together reminds us of another sacred cy…
Published on 9 hours ago
Sarah Hurwitz on Reclaiming Our Jewish Story
As Rosh Hashanah approaches - a time of reflection, renewal, and returning to our deepest selves - I can’t think of a better moment to listen to (and read) Sarah Hurwitz. Best known as a White House …
Published on 2 weeks ago
Toby Lloyd on Biblical Horror and being a Jewish Atheist
Toby Lloyd discusses Fervor, his haunting debut novel inspired by a rereading of the Bible. Struck by the richness, ambiguity, and moments of horror in Genesis and Exodus, Toby explores how these anc…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Sharon Kurtzman on the Danger that Lingered Post Holocaust
Sharon Kurtzman shares how an interview with her mother became a defining moment of connection. She was haunted by her mother’s description of just how much danger still lingered after surviving the …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Rachel Cockerell on The Zionist Dream That Sailed to Galveston
On June 7, 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamed, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passengers to go is David Jochelmann, R…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
BONUS: Introducing The Book of Life Podcast
In this bonus episode of The Book of Life Podcast: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly), host Heidi Rabinowitz talks to host of The Five Books, Tali Rosenblatt Cohen. Heidi and Tali trade recommendations for books…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Esther Levy Chehebar on Marriage, Sisterhood, and the Weight of Tradition
The Cohen sisters are at a crossroads. And not just because the obedient middle sister, Fortune, has secretly started to question her engagement and impending wedding. Nina, the rebellious eldest sis…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Elizabeth Graver On Lost Worlds and New Doorways
A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika―“song” in Ladino―follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20t…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Jessica Berger Gross on on Cultural Judaism and Creative Resistance
When Hazel Blum’s father gets a tenured job at a prestigious college, she and her family relocate from Brooklyn to a middle-of-nowhere college town in Maine. With her mother, Claire, a clothing desig…
Published on 3 months ago
Mary Morris on Hidden Histories and Jewish Identities
Thirty years ago, Laura’s mother, Viola, went missing. She left behind her purse, her keys and her mysterious paintings of a red house. Viola was never found, and her family never recovered. Laura, a…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago