5 must-read religion books like Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days by S.Y. Agnon

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Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days

By: S.Y. Agnon

4.07

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Compiled by S.Y. Agnon, one of the greatest Hebrew writers of the twentieth century and winner of t…

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1. Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism

By: Robert Alter , Gershom Scholem

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

A collection of lectures on the features of the movement of mysticism that began in antiquity and c… read more

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  • judaism
  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • jewish
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2. Adjusting Sights

By: Hillel Halkin , Haim Sabato

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

When war breaks out in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up together to serve in thei… read more

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  • judaism
  • nonfiction
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3. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

By: Judy Blume

4.05

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, likes long hair, tuna fish, the smell of rain, and things that are p… read more

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4. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

By: Nikolai Gogol , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

When Pushkin first read some of the stories in this collection, he declared himself "amazed." "Here… read more

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5. Shadows on the Hudson

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer , Joseph Sherman

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Serialized in the late 1950s, "Shadows on the Hudson" was translated from Yiddish and published pos… read more

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6. Down and Out in Paris and London

By: George Orwell

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

This unusual fictional account - in good part autobiographical - narrates without self-pity and oft… read more

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7. Another Country

By: James Baldwin

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more

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8. The Family Moskat

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer , None

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the… read more

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9. Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist: An American Story

By: Yossi Klein Halevi

3.42

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

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10. kaddish.com

By: Nathan Englander

3.31

Format: 203 pages, Hardcover

The Pulitzer finalist delivers his best work yet--a brilliant, streamlined comic novel, reminiscent… read more

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  • judaism
  • religion
  • jewish
"The information. It's out there, Rebbe. This part is not a sin."

-Nathan Englander, kaddish.com

"You wouldn't leave me?" he'd asked her honestly afraid. ...In answer, Miri had taken her time before sharing a kind of warning. "I can tell you I'd never leave you. I can also tell you that what make…"

-Nathan Englander, kaddish.com

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11. Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life

By: Shai Held

4.57

Format: 546 pages, Hardcover

A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish … read more

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  • theology
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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12. Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical

By: Shaul Magid

3.78

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewi… read more

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  • judaism
  • religion
  • jewish
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13. Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality

By: Shlomo M. Brody

4.55

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody is the executive director of Ematai and a columnist for the Jerusalem Post. … read more

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  • judaism
  • jewish
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14. From the Four Winds

By: Haim Sabato

3.86

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

It is 1959. A bright, curious boy named Haim is adjusting to a fascinating new world: that of an im… read more

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15. The Dawning of the Day

By: Haim Sabato

4.20

Format: 181 pages, Hardcover

A humble man and a religious man, who worked as a presser in a laundry, Ezra Siman Tov was also a t… read more

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  • judaism
  • jewish
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16. The Dairy Restaurant

By: Ben Katchor

3.58

Format: 497 pages, Hardcover

Ben Katchor retells the history of where we choose to eat--a history that starts with the first man… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • jewish
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17. Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days

By: S.Y. Agnon

4.07

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Compiled by S.Y. Agnon, one of the greatest Hebrew writers of the twentieth century and winner of t… read more

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  • theology
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • judaica
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18. The Yeshiva: Vol. 2

By: Chaim Grade

4.37

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

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  • jewish
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19. The Yeshiva: Vol. 1

By: Chaim Grade

4.35

Format: 394 pages, Hardcover

Tsemakh Atlas, torn between his commitment to the ascetic life of the yeshiva community and his nat… read more

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  • judaism
  • jewish

5 best-selling nonfiction books like Days of Awe: A Treasury of Jewish Wisdom for Reflection, Repentance, and Renewal on the High Holy Days by S.Y. Agnon

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Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism

Robert Alter , Gershom Scholem

4.14

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Adjusting Sights

Hillel Halkin , Haim Sabato

4.33

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Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life

Shai Held

4.57

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The Dairy Restaurant

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3.58

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Judy Blume

4.05

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Kristin Hannah

4.64

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Ann Patchett

3.99

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James McBride

4.00

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