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The Last Words of Moses
Micah Goodman; Translated by Ilana Kurshan
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R635
Discovery Miles 6 350
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**WINNER of the 2018 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the 2018
Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish literature**
**2018 Natan Book Award Finalist**
**Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies **
The Wall Street Journal: "There is humor and heartbreak in these
pages...Ms. Kurshan immerses herself in the demands of daily Talmud
study and allows the words of ancient scholars to transform the
patterns of her own life."
The Jewish Standard: "Brilliant, beautifully written, sensitive,
original."
The Jerusalem Post: "A beautiful and inspiring book. Both religious and
secular readers will find themselves immensely moved by [Kurshan's]
personal story."
American Jewish World "So engrossing I hardly could put it down."
At the age of twenty-seven, alone in Jerusalem in the wake of a painful
divorce, Ilana Kurshan joined the world's largest book club, learning
daf yomi, Hebrew for "daily page" of the Talmud, a book of rabbinic
teachings spanning about six hundred years. Her story is a tale of
heartache and humor, of love and loss, of marriage and motherhood, and
of learning to put one foot in front of the other by turning page after
page. Kurshan takes us on a deeply accessible and personal guided tour
of the Talmud. For people of the book--both Jewish and non-Jewish--If
All the Seas Were Ink is a celebration of learning, through literature,
how to fall in love once again.
With his irresistible humor, Meir Shalev breathes life into these
favorite stories from the Old Testament. Children are sure to enjoy
hearing them anew in this fresh retelling. The book features
Emanuele Luzzati's playful collage illustrations and a new
translation by Ilana Kurshan.
"Heartfelt, philosophical, imaginative, and religious, these
stories offer new ways to read text."—Sharon Elswit, Jewish Book
Council Ruth Calderon has recently electrified the Jewish world
with her teachings of talmudic texts. In this volume, her first to
appear in English, she offers a fascinating window into some of the
liveliest and most colorful stories in the Talmud. Calderon
rewrites talmudic tales as richly imagined fictions, drawing us
into the lives of such characters as the woman who risks her life
for a sister suspected of adultery; a humble schoolteacher who
rescues his village from drought; and a wife who dresses as a
prostitute to seduce her pious husband in their garden. Breathing
new life into an ancient text, A Bride for One Night offers a
surprising and provocative read, both for anyone already intimate
with the Talmud or for anyone interested in one of the most
influential works of Jewish literature.
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