The Way Into the Varieties of Jewishness (The Way Into Series)
By: Sylvia Barack Fishman
3.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An accessible introduction to the many ways Jews understand Jewishness and identify themselves and …
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1. Who Wrote the Bible?
By: Richard Elliott Friedman
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The contemporary classic The New York Times Book Review called "a thought-provoking [and] perceptiv… read more
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"Every biblical story reflects something that mattered to its author. Whenever we figure out what it was and why it mattered, we move a step closer to knowing who wrote a part of the Bible."-Richard Elliott Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible?
2. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
By: Art Spiegelman
4.42
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spieglman's… read more
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"But here God didn't come. We were all on our own."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"Samuel Beckett já disse: "Toda palavra é uma mancha desnecessária no silêncio e no vazio". Por outro lado, ele DISSE isso."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
"Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja."-Art Spiegelman, Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
3. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
By: Art Spiegelman
4.38
Format: 159 pages, Hardcover
The first installment of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel acclaimed as “the most affecting … read more
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"Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…Then you could see what it is, friends! …"-Art Spiegelman, Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
"Maybe your father needed to show that he was always right - that he could always SURVIVE - because he felt GUILTY about surviving."-Art Spiegelman, Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
4. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor
4.16
Format: 354 pages,
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more
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- religion
5. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
By: Alison Bechdel
4.08
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.Distant… read more
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"Who embalms the Undertaker when he dies?"-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"Mom, how come you never go outside?" "I told you, I'm a vampire."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
"It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone."-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
6. Choosing a Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends
By: Anita Diamant
5.00
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Married to a convert herself, Anita Diamant provides advice and information that can transform the … read more
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7. This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
By: Alan Lew
3.80
Format: 281 pages, Hardcover
There are moments in life when one is caught utterly unprepared. Drawing on both his rabbinical tra… read more
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8. 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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- judaica
9. Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers
By: Arthur Green
4.37
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
A welcoming introduction to the most important ideas in Judaism. In an age of fluid identity, many … read more
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10. 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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"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
11. 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
- judaica
12. If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir
By: Ilana Kurshan
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
At the age of 27, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the wor… read more
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- judaica
13. Embracing the Covenant: Converts to Judaism Talk About Why & How
By: Allan L. Berkowitz
3.68
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
This book is a practical and inspirational companion to the conversion process for Jews-by-Choice a… read more
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14. The Way Into the Varieties of Jewishness (The Way Into Series)
By: Sylvia Barack Fishman
3.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An accessible introduction to the many ways Jews understand Jewishness and identify themselves and … read more
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