my copy of "Modern Jewess" and my copy of Sarah Hurwitz's "As a Jew."

#TBR: the latest issue of "Modern Jewess" and the newly published book that all the podcasts* are talking about this week.

#FridayReads #ShabbatReads #WeekendReads

*all the Jewish podcasts, that is....

copy of Emily Greenberg's story collection

#FridayReads - #ShabbatReads - #ShortStoryMonth Reads: @emilygreenberg.bsky.social's ALTERNATIVE FACTS.

Copies of the latest issues of Moment magazine and Jewish Review of Books, plus a copy of NEXT YEAR AT THE WHITE HOUSE and a special Haggadah published this year by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

#FridayReads #ShabbatReads #WeekendReads @jewishreviewbooks.bsky.social, @momentmagazine.bsky.social, & a lovely picture book—plus a new #Passover haggadah w/"texts, interpretations, & personal stories from returnees & the families of the hostages." solidarity.bringthemhomenow.net/product-page...

The Thinking Heart: Essays on Israel & Palestine by David Grossman

#FridayReads #ShabbatReads (trans. Jessica Cohen)

Purim Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrated on two dates – the 14th of the month of Adar, and, in walled cities like Jerusalem, on the 15th of Adar (also called Shushan Purim). The origin of the holiday is related in the Book of Esther, which tells of how Queen Esther and her uncle Mordechai saved the Jews of Persia from a massacre at the hands of Haman the Agagite. Today, Purim is perhaps most identified with the tradition of wearing costumes, but the holiday has several commandments (mitzvot) as well, the main one being the reading of the Book of Esther. It is also customary to give gifts to the needy, deliver a mishloah manot (“gifts of food”) to family and friends, as well as eat a festive meal. Below, you can discover some fascinating acpects of the Purim holiday, such as the story of one of the world’s oldest Esther scrolls, an “alternative Purim” celebrated in 17th-century Frnkfurt, the reason we eat Hamentaschen and the origin of the Purim noisemaker or grogger – the “Raashan” – to name a few…

On this #Purim holiday, my own #FridayReads - #ShabbatReads will include the Book of Esther.

Info below via the National Library of Israel, with more available at blog.nli.org.il/en/tag/purim...

#ChagSameach #ShabbatShalom

Chaim Potok’s books: “The Chosen” and “The Promise.”

It’s weird to think that I last read these when I was roughly the same age as the protagonist, and am coming back to them at the same age as his father. #ShabbatReads

Copies of Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine that Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Yardena Schwartz and Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

Just picked these up from the library. Which one will be my #FridayReads - #ShabbatReads?

My #FridayReads - #ShabbatReads is THE MANY LIVES OF ANNE FRANK by the brilliant Ruth Franklin.

At long last: My #FridayReads - #ShabbatReads is Yael van der Wouden's novel THE SAFEKEEP.

Uh-oh! Turns out that Ayelet Tsabari's novel has some stiff #FridayReads - #ShabbatReads competition! bsky.app/profile/bens... cc: @thebookmaven.bsky.social

copy of Tsabari's novel

My #FridayReads / #ShabbatReads: @ayelettsabari.bsky.social's (multiple!) award-winning novel SONGS FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED.

I'm finishing up last week's #FridayReads (Benjamin Resnick's NEXT STOP), which was perhaps not the *ideal* choice to have been reading through this past week. (There's only so much dystopia I can manage at the moment, which may be why I still have 70 pp. to go.) #ShabbatReads

copy of Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick

May the spirit of Bernard Malamud forgive me, but I'm setting aside THE FIXER to dive into this novel. #FridayReads #ShabbatReads #WeekendReads

By some remarkable turn, Mishpacha magazine mentions Emmanuel Levinas and Chouchani this week #shabbatreads

I haven't decided on my #FridayReads yet, but it will be something from this library haul. (Fun fact: I've already read *some* of MOURNING—in earlier French translation.) bsky.app/profile/erik... #ShabbatReads #WeekendReads

Definitely needed something lighter after that, so I started this gorgeous book on Jewish languages at the Bodleian, which did not disappoint!
#shabbatreads

Finally finished this, highly, highly recommend. Come for the incredible research on the deep, deep issues in obstetrics in the US, stay for the shout-out to kimperturin heims and strong postpartum support in the Orthodox community (ok, maybe that's just me).
#shabbatreads

Two books: “Mehalchim B’Mikrah” by Rav Yehudah Hertzl Henkin amd “Housekeeping” by Marilynne Robinson

This weeks #ShabbatReads

CANCION by Eduardo Halfon translated by LIsa Dillman and Daniel Hahn

My #FridayReads #ShabbatReads is another title that might check off multiple boxes in my #JewishBookMonth challenge. bsky.app/profile/erik...

“At the Entrance to The Garden of Eden” by Yossi Klein Halevi

Not enough time to finish this #ShabbatReads from last week, but a few thoughts (🧵):

copy of Israel Alone by Bernard-Henri Levy (trans. Steven B. Kennedy)

As we near the beginning the #JewishBookMonth (Sunday!), my #FridayReads is this book by @bernardhenrilevy.bsky.social (a book for which, as some may recall, Shelf Awareness canceled a planned advertisement).

#ShabbatReads #ShabbosReads #WeekendReads

“At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew’s Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land” by Yossi Klein Halevi

Until Bashevkin & co make their way over here, I’ll start running the #ShabbatReads (or is it #ShabbosReads ?) tags. This Shabbat: