8 Best judaica books like Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities by Emily Tamkin

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Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

By: Emily Tamkin

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A journalist and author of The Influence of Soros examines the history of Jewish people in America …

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1. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn

By: Daniel Gordis

4.31

Format: 560 pages, ebook

Winner of the Jewish Book of the Year Award The first comprehensive yet accessible history of the … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Gordis's Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • history
  • jewish
  • politics
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
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2. Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began

By: Leah Hazard

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h… read more

Similar categories in Leah Hazard's Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life-in Judaism (after Finally Choosing to Look There) by Sarah Hurwitz

3. Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life-in Judaism (after Finally Choosing to Look There)

By: Sarah Hurwitz

4.44

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A renowned political speechwriter rediscovers Judaism, finding timeless wisdom and spiritual connec… read more

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  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
Cover of People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn

4. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

By: Dara Horn

4.36

Format: 237 pages, Hardcover

Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more

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  • history
  • jewish
  • politics
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"

-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Cover of Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby

5. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

By: Noa Tishby

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more

Similar categories in Noa Tishby's Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • history
  • jewish
  • politics
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

Cover of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World by Sharon Brous

6. The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World

By: Sharon Brous

4.54

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community bas… read more

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  • jewish
  • theology
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
Cover of Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

7. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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8. Ciała

By: Annie Ernaux

4.28

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Jak oddać paraliżujący strach towarzyszący niechcianej ciąży i potajemnej aborcji? Jak opisać nasto… read more

Similar categories in Annie Ernaux's Ciała book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • nonfiction
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9. Kantika

By: Elizabeth Graver

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more

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  • judaism
  • religion
  • jewish
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"

-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika

Cover of Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew by Emmanuel Acho

10. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

By: Emmanuel Acho

4.53

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more

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  • history
  • jewish
  • politics
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
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11. An Observant Wife

By: Naomi Ragen

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this rich and compassionate novel, An Observant Wife, Naomi Ragen continues the love story betwe… read more

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  • judaism
  • judaica
  • jewish
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12. Eternal Life

By: Dara Horn

3.80

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can’t die. Her recent troubles—widowhood, a failing business,… read more

Similar categories in Dara Horn's Eternal Life book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • religion
  • jewish
"That's the problem. We don't grow. We're like an old book, full of stories and also full of errors, and no one can completely understand us, even though many people try. But the problem is that we do…"

-Dara Horn, Eternal Life

"She didn’t know exactly when she had first felt the sensation of regret. It was a physical sensation, a shudder that began deep in the stomach and traveled up through the throat; it was distinct from…"

-Dara Horn, Eternal Life

Cover of Fly Already: Stories by Etgar Keret

13. Fly Already: Stories

By: Etgar Keret

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

There's no one like Etgar Keret. His stories take place at the crossroads of the fantastical, seari… read more

Similar categories in Etgar Keret's Fly Already: Stories book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • jewish
"The guy on the roof nods--it looks like this time, he heard something--and shouts back at me, "How did you know? How did you know she died?" Someone always dies, I want to yell back at him. Always. I…"

-Etgar Keret, Fly Already: Stories

"There are clear rules governing the relationship between the homeless and the average person on the street: speak to each other politely; don't look each other in the eye; don't ask for names; and do…"

-Etgar Keret, Fly Already: Stories

"- No quiero que adoptemos. Bastante difícil debe ser ya tener en casa un hijo propio. No quiero el de otra persona. - ¿Y si nos compramos un perro? - No vamos a comprar ningún perro. Adoptemos uno. H…"

-Etgar Keret, Fly Already: Stories

Cover of On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg

14. On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World

By: Danya Ruttenberg

4.46

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm--from personal trans… read more

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  • jewish
  • theology
  • politics
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Before we even understand what repentance is, we’re instructed to name, out loud, the harm that we have caused."

-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World

"[W]e all know that sometimes people mean well but cause harm nonetheless—out of ignorance, out of carelessness, out of deeply ingrained ways of thinking they haven't examined, out of an emotional rea…"

-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World

Cover of Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty

15. Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew

By: Michael W. Twitty

4.10

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The James Beard award-winning author of the acclaimed The Cooking Gene explores the cultural crossr… read more

Similar categories in Michael W. Twitty's Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • nonfiction
  • judaica
Cover of The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach

16. The Golem of Brooklyn

By: Adam Mansbach

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated t… read more

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  • judaism
  • religion
  • jewish
Cover of The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca Clarren

17. The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance

By: Rebecca Clarren

4.47

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"Sharply insightful . . . A monumental piece of work." — The Boston Globe An award-winning author … read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Clarren's The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City by Rosa Brooks

18. Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City

By: Rosa Brooks

4.07

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Journalist and law professor Rosa Brooks goes beyond the blue wall of silence in this radical insid… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
"For better or for worse, police officers spend most of their time serving as medics, mediators, and monitors."

-Rosa Brooks, Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City

"Violence is a puzzle. We all say we oppose violence and want to reduce it, but no human society gets by without it."

-Rosa Brooks, Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City

"What if instead of telling officers they have a right to go home safe, police training focused on reminding officers that members of the public have a right to go home safe? What if we reminded offic…"

-Rosa Brooks, Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City

"For the most part, America’s criminal justice system isn’t deliberately cruel. It’s just indifferent to the ways in which it breaks human beings. Few police officers want to contribute to mass incarc…"

-Rosa Brooks, Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City

Cover of Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities by Emily Tamkin

19. Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

By: Emily Tamkin

3.90

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A journalist and author of The Influence of Soros examines the history of Jewish people in America … read more

Similar categories in Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities book and Emily Tamkin's Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

  • american history
  • history
  • jewish
  • theology
  • politics
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • judaica
Cover of Recipe for Disaster by Aimee Lucido

20. Recipe for Disaster

By: Aimee Lucido

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

HMH has bought Aimee Lucido's Recipe for Disaster for the Versify imprint. The middle grade novel i… read more

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  • judaism
  • jewish
Cover of Magiczna rana by Dorota Masłowska

21. Magiczna rana

By: Dorota Masłowska

3.73

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Długo oczekiwany prozatorski powrót Doroty Masłowskiej Trashowa powieść, która w obłąkańczo zaba… read more

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