Need a refresher on the rituals? This book outlines the values and traditions that can make daily life and synagogue more meaningful.
These intriguing mysteries written by Jewish women also feature central characters that are strong Jewish women.
With best-sellers getting more than their share of attention, Sandee Brawarsky ventures in less-traveled directions. From the art-collecting Cone sisters to Jewish needle arts to kabbalistic haiku, she introduces us to intriguing books to give to friends, family or even ourselves.
How does a child feel when his or her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer? That’s a question that troubled Debbie Fink after talking to her friend who was a mother who was receiving treatment for the disease.
To honor her father's memory, Linda Cohen decided she would perform 1,000 mitzvahs.
Sandee Brawarsky recommends a biography about actress Sarah Bernhardt
Book Reviews
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Jewish women’s irreverent cancer memoirs occupy more than one shelf in the genre’s growing library.
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Lost Lives, Lost Art tells the story of “the greatest art theft in history.
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Though the economy has curtailed travel plans, nothing stops us from literary globetrotting.
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Recent novels from veteran writers and first-timers—all with strong voices—explore themes that women want and need to talk about, whether aging parents or love and all its rich complications.
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In The Red Squad, E.M. Broner shifts back and forth between the Vietnam War years and the present, looking at what happened to a group of politically involved graduate students.
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You may not be able to put down these new books by Karen Weinreb, Alice Eve Cohen and Anita Diamant.
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