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Off the Shelf: The intimate lives of Jews

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

“Oh, the subtitle is a pun,” I thought after receiving a copy of “Sex: Jewish Positions” edited by Miriam Goldmann, Joanne Rosenthal and Titia Zoeter (Hirmer Publishers/University of Chicago Press). Then I realized that “Sex” was not a book of essays off…

Jewish Online Resources 1/24/25

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

Roundtable will hold several courses. The cost to attend each course is $132: “…

New in Books: Kalaniot Books to release new children’s books for spring

Kalaniot Books announced that it will release three new children’s picture books for the spring 2025 season:

  • “Max’s Mask: A Purim Story” by Havvah Deevon and illustrated by Itay Bekin (Release date: February 4): Max is nervous because this is his first day at a new school. He hope…

On the Jewish food scene: The fallow period

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

Hanukkah is over, and Purim and Passover are still months away. What’s a Jewish girl to do if she wants some special holiday food? Well, there is one holiday coming up: Tu B’Shevat, the New Year of the Trees, begins the evening of Wednesday, February 12, this ye…

Off the Shelf: The stories of Felicity and Ruth

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

The reason I didn’t ask for a review copy of “From Sun to Sun” by Kenneth Wishnia (PM Press) was due to its dual nature: while part of the novel is a revised version of the biblical Book of Ruth, other chapters take place in contemporary New York City and feat…