Why did generations of people grow up thinking that Jews really had horns? Did Eve really eat an apple, and if not, why does everyone think she did? Did Noah's ark really exist? Did Moses really write the Torah? This fascinating book explores these and many other assumptions about Jews and Judaism.
Debra Darvick is an award-winning essayist whose byline has appeared in Newsweek, Forward, Moment, Hadassah, and the webzines jewishfamily.com and OU.org. Her essays are excerpted in eight anthologies.A much-followed blogger, Darvick wrote I Love Jewish Faces after watching Jewish youngsters - all shapes, sizes, and origins - at play at her children's day school. Follow Debra at debradarvick.com.
Jews come in every shape, size, and color. With this delightful new book from Debra Darvick, children will learn that no matter what they look like or where they are from, they are part of the Jewish family.
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Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy by W. Gunther Plaut
Commentary on Leviticus by
Bernard J. Bamberger
Essays on the ancient Near East by
William W. Hallo The Torah: A Modern Commentary is a one-volume edition of the Five Books of Moses, complete with the Hebrew text; English translations; commentaries and essays; notes and references; and gleanings from talmudic sources and the writings of scholars, ancient and modern. Pulpit Edition (Large Print)
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The Haftarah Commentary is a comprehensive new translation of the weekly selections from the Prophets and Writings, complete with meticulously cantillated Hebrew text, commentary and translations, essays, gleanings from sources modern and ancient, notes, glossary, bibliography, and additional selections for use as alternatives to the traditional haftarot. To insure the accuracy and accessibility of the new volume, consulting editor S. David Sperling, a professor of Hebrew at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, reviewed the entire text and commentary.
Look what they're saying about The Haftarah Commentary:
"Eminently useful."--Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA
