tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75844122024-03-07T02:40:51.725-05:00Jewish Book BlogNews and comments on Jewish books, magazines, music, software, and Jewish events.<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to an XML feed of the Jewish Book Blog"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt=""></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-36725562889820878072010-04-08T20:17:00.000-04:002010-04-08T20:17:47.577-04:00Judaica Press books at clearance prices!<a href="http://www.judaicapress.com/index.php?ref=1330&cPath=102&affiliate_banner_id=1">Judaica Press</a> now has "hurt" books at really reduced discount prices. At the moment, that includes Ramban in English, the Jastrow Dictionary, and more. The selection changes...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-58216475144200421202009-12-01T16:23:00.003-05:002009-12-01T16:24:49.506-05:00The complete Steinsaltz Talmud set in English (22 vols.)!Looking for a complete set of the Steinsaltz Talmud English edition? It's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Talmud-Steinsaltz-22-Set/dp/B000J0F786?SubscriptionId=1ECM10QMJC4BZXXP0W02&tag=jewishbookmal-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B000J0F786">here</a>!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-15355402970229009892009-10-11T21:18:00.003-04:002009-10-11T21:22:34.526-04:00The Jewish Forum is growingThe <a href="http://www.thejewishforum.com">Jewish Forum</a> is growing rapidly, with more members and new, thoughtful discussions on issues of <a href="http://www.thejewishforum.com/YaBB.pl?board=Judaism">Judaism</a> and <a href="http://www.thejewishforum.com/YaBB.pl?board=Israel">Israel</a>. It's also a great place to post <a href="http://www.thejewishforum.com/YaBB.pl?board=Jewish-Classifieds">free Jewish classifieds</a> and <a href="http://www.thejewishforum.com/YaBB.pl?board=Jewish-Events">Jewish organizations' press releases</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-65856296940843671322009-05-25T21:13:00.001-04:002009-05-25T21:16:49.129-04:00Jewish jobsLooking for a Jewish job, or a job in a Jewish organization? <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/jewish_jobs.shtml">Jewish Jobs</a> is the place to look. You can also post jobs there if you are looking to hire a Jewish professional.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-87903198010599319452009-03-12T22:00:00.001-04:002009-03-12T22:00:41.876-04:00Techwritingjobs.com - a leading job site for technical writers - is for sale!For sale: Perfect job site for a tech writing agency or a tech job site! See <a href="http://www.sedo.com/search/details.php4?domain=techwritingjobs.com">here</a> for details.<br /><br />Techwritingjobs.com - Job listings, advice, and information for technical writers (also known as technical authors in the UK). Steady revenue stream.<br /><br />Google PageRank 3.<br />#2 result on Google for: tech writing jobs<br />#6 result on Google for: technical writing jobs<br />#10 result on Google for: technical writer jobs<br />#3 result on Google for: tech writer jobs<br /><br />Included: domain name and developed content.<br />Not included: any third-party licensed software.<br />Post-sale consulting/support, if desired, is available at extra cost.<br /><br />See <a href="http://www.sedo.com/search/details.php4?domain=techwritingjobs.com">here</a> for details.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-19969485742080924872008-12-15T19:13:00.000-05:002008-12-15T19:16:52.649-05:00Jewish (News) Feeds gets a minor facelift<a href="http://jewishfeeds.com">Jewish Feeds</a> has been redesigned a bit. It's a great way to quickly see up-to-the-minute Jewish and Israel news collected from various sites.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-87459304792123902982007-12-03T15:51:00.000-05:002007-12-03T15:55:51.684-05:00Hanukkah toysIt's Hanukkah/Chanuka/however you spell it in English/ time again. The <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com">Jewish Book Mall</a> now has a sister site for toys of all kinds, <a href="http://www.toysandreviews.com">Toys and Reviews</a>. If you're looking for a holiday gift for the kiddies, give it a try.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-27162754840772862872007-08-08T14:55:00.000-04:002007-08-08T14:58:59.102-04:00The Jewish Book Blog is moving...sort ofWe've decided to start posting our Jewish book reviews on the main Jewish Book Mall site and to make it possible for authors of Jewish books and reviewers to post reviews and comments, too.<br /><br />The new address for Jewish book reviews is <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/reviews">Jewish Book Reviews</a>. <br /><br />We'll probably keep posting non-review news here.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-59888866298016630102007-07-11T18:00:00.000-04:002007-07-11T18:06:50.585-04:00Books Received: "The Optimistic Jew"Newly received, waiting for a review: <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/shop/asinsearch_1934515728/The+Optimistic+Jew:+A+Positive+Vision+For+the+Jewish+People+in+the+21st+Century.html"><em>The Optimistic Jew: A Positive Vision for the Jewish People in the 21st Century</em></a> by Tsvi Bisk. The publisher is Maxanna Press.<br /><br />Publication date is August 1.<br /><br />Stay tuned...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-5410144893066005842007-05-22T18:00:00.000-04:002007-05-22T18:03:04.111-04:00Shavuot booksShavuot, perhaps the least ritually enriched holiday of the three festivals. But fear not: there are books and CDs about Shavuot. See <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/shop/type_search/keyword_shavuot.html">Shavuot books</a> at - where else? the Jewish Book Mall.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-6146674198579341922007-05-16T10:34:00.000-04:002007-05-16T10:38:43.350-04:00Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim)Today is Jerusalem Day. Celebrate with a book, music, movie, game, magazine, software, Judaica item, or even clothing related to <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/shop/keyword_jerusalem/mode_blended/type_search.html">Jerusalem</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-76443269208839115502007-05-14T11:20:00.000-04:002007-05-14T11:31:20.228-04:00Operation Solomon reviewedFew in the Western world are aware of the story: in a day and a half in May, 1991, Israel airlifted 14,310 black Jews from Ethiopia to safety in the Jewish state.<br /><br />Stephen Spector has written a thoughtful account of this rescue, titled <em>Operation Solomon: The Daring Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews</em> (Oxford, 2005) with in-depth analysis of all the people and organizations involved. It's now available in both hard and soft covers, and should be required reading for anyone who has ever heard (false) charges of racism thrown at Israel and Zionism. Really, how many countries would have done the same?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-80996784538277480072007-05-03T20:21:00.000-04:002007-05-03T20:25:56.437-04:00Divahn is delightfulNot long ago, we had the pleasure of attending a benefit concert for the people of Darfur. One of the two acts perfroming was the delightful Divahn, a musical mix of Persian and other Middle Eastern Jewish rhythms with...believe it or not, instruments that include a banjo.<br /><br />The vocals are powerful. The instrumentation is cool. You never heard Dror Yikra at double time before? Give Divahn a listen.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-10442442484830975792007-04-27T19:03:00.000-04:002007-04-27T19:05:54.815-04:00Jewish conspiracies?It's far from the best selling Jewish book at Amazon...but if you search for "jewish", it's the first result. One reviewer says anti-Semites should read it. But we wonder if they'd get the joke. Yes, it's a humor book.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-36154312724623388442007-04-26T16:27:00.000-04:002007-04-26T16:32:21.047-04:00Jewish PostersIn the blogosphere, there are Jewish posters, and then there are Jewish <em>posters</em>.<br /><br />The former are those who post in Jewish blogs; um, like this one.<br /><br />The latter are the kind with pictures of Israeli desert landscapes or Marc Chagall prints. These can be found at the Jewish Book Mall's <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/jewish_posters.htm">Jewish Posters page</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-57575434236616649132007-04-24T21:51:00.000-04:002007-05-16T10:33:58.444-04:00Capital Punishment in the Talmud - Book Wins AwardFrom a JTS press release:<br /><i>Dr. Beth Berkowitz, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary, has been awarded the 2006 Baron Book Prize for her book Execution and Invention: Death Penalty Discourse in Early Rabbinic and Christian Cultures (Oxford University Press 2006).</i><br /><br /><i>Presented by the American Academy for Jewish Research, the Baron Book Prize recognizes the author of an outstanding first book in Jewish studies that makes a significant contribution to the field. All winners must have received their doctorates within the past seven years.</i><br /><br /><i>Execution and Invention argues that the ancient Rabbis augment their own authority through their laws of capital punishment. This argument runs counter to the commonly held position that the Rabbis opposed capital punishment and did everything they could to abolish it.</i><br /><br /><i>Dr. Berkowitz specializes in rabbinic literature, Judaism and Christianity in late antiquity, ritual studies, theories and methods in the study of religion, and cultural criticism. Dr. Berkowitz received a bachelor of arts, master of philosophy, and doctorate in religious studies from Columbia University. In addition, she holds a master of arts from University of Chicago Divinity School. She was a post-doctoral fellow in the Program of Judaic Studies in the Religious Studies Department at Yale University from 2001 to 2003. Dr. Berkowitz has taught at Columbia University and Yale University. Currently, she is working on a book titled Anxieties of Identity in Jewish Reading: Leviticus 18:3 and the Laws of the Gentiles.</i><br /><br /><p>Available via the Jewish Book Mall at <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/shop/asinsearch_0195179196/Execution+and+Invention:+Death+Penalty+Discourse+in+Early+Rabbinic+and+Christian+Cultures.html">http://www.jewishbookmall.com/shop/asinsearch_0195179196/Execution+and+Invention:+Death+Penalty+Discourse+in+Early+Rabbinic+and+Christian+Cultures.html</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-23806196720923698352007-04-23T22:27:00.000-04:002007-04-23T22:32:52.036-04:00Happy Yom Ha'atzmaut!It's Israel's Independence Day. Why not celebrate with <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/israeli_products.htm">products from Israel</a>, a <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/israel.htm">book on Israel, </a>or a <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/music.htm">CD of Israeli music</a>?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-22883387150367416222007-04-23T18:18:00.001-04:002007-04-23T18:26:01.798-04:00New look for the Jewish Book MallNothing earthshaking, but it had been several years since we'd updated the look of the Jewish Book Mall site. How many? Well, it hadn't actually changed much since we got on the web in 2002.<br /><br />Sure, the <strong>contents </strong>change all the time. But we decided the yellowish parchment look was getting tired. Now there's a plain white background and a somewhat more modern-looking font.<br /><br />Comments welcome. We won't be offended if you tell us we're wearing a plaid jacket over a striped shirt. The <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com">Jewish Book Mall </a>recognizes that it must pay some semblance of homage to design taste. It's just that we'd rather focus on Jewish books.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-52560277709815149462007-04-23T18:18:00.000-04:002007-04-23T18:25:40.680-04:00New look for the Jewish Book MallNothing earthshaking, but it had been several years since we'd updated the look of the Jewish Book Mall site. How many? Well, it hadn't actually changed much since we got on the web in 2002.<br /><br />Sure, the <strong>contents </strong>change all the time. But we decided the yellowish parchment look was getting tired. Now there's a plain white background and a somewhat more modern-looking font.<br /><br />Comments welcome. We won't be offended if you tell us we're wearing a plaid jacket over a striped shirt. The <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com">Jewish Book Mall </a>recognizes that it must pay some semblance of homage to design taste. It's just that we'd rather focus on Jewish books.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-1166052217021341352006-12-13T18:20:00.000-05:002006-12-13T18:23:37.973-05:00What to get the kinder for HanukaBy us, there shouldn't be presents at Hanuka, because how can something material compare with <em>freedom </em>(i.e. what the holiday is about)?<br /><br />But if you (or those around you) insist, a brand-new site called <a href="http://www.toysandreviews.com">Toys and Reviews</a> offers prices and reviews from other customers.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-1162426575974043682006-11-01T19:14:00.000-05:002006-11-01T19:16:16.186-05:00The Jewish ForumThere is a new discussion site out there for all issues related to Jews, Judaism, Israel, and Jewish life: <a href="http://www.thejewishforum.com/">The Jewish Forum</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-1157932753802515142006-09-10T19:56:00.000-04:002006-10-09T23:55:39.933-04:00Encyclopedia Judaica - A new edition!!Wow! A new edition of the <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/shop/asinsearch_0028659287.html">Encyclopaedia Judaica</a> is coming out!<br /><br />This is a <em>major</em> event in the world of Jewish scholarship, and in fact of Jewish culture.<br /><br />The ISBN is 0028659287.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-1144626296343399152006-04-09T19:44:00.000-04:002006-04-09T19:44:56.770-04:00Arnold Eisen BooksThe <a href="http://www.forward.com/articles/7635">Jewish Forward</a> says that Arnold Eisen, professor of Jewish Culture and Religion at <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/">Stanford University</a>, has been nominated by the search committee to be the next chancellor of the <a href="http://www.jtsa.edu">Jewish Theological Seminary</a>. Here are some <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/shop/type_search/mode_books/keyword_arnold+eisen.html">books by Arnold Eisen</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-1144018352452921262006-04-02T18:52:00.000-04:002006-04-02T18:52:32.700-04:00Mikraot Gedolot in English! The Commentator's Bible: The Jps Miqra'ot Gedolot: ExodusTorah fans, there is now a wonderful (partial) edition of Mikraot Gedolot - in English! The first volume, <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/shop/asinsearch_0827608128.html">The Commentator's Bible: The JPS Miqra'ot Gedolot: Exodus</a> has been published by the Jewish Publication Society, and now you can find Rashi, Ramban, Ibn Ezra, and the other commentators speaking, as it were, colloquial English. And yes, it is colloquial, not literal. Translator Michael Carasik purposely renders the medieval Torah scholars as if they were speaking modern American English, and they relate in their commentaries to the Torah text <em>as translated</em> by JPS. What an idea - to render authors who lived centuries ago so as to make them sensible to readers today.<br /><br />A pleasure to read, and a wonderful tool for English readers to listen in on the conversations among the commentators across the centuries, all relating to the same text, and to each other. Official Jewish Book Mall rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Add this one to your Judaica library!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584412.post-1143176955729112382006-03-24T00:09:00.000-05:002006-03-24T00:09:16.036-05:00Jewish Book Mall - Over 100 Haggadot/Haggadahs for Passover/Pesach including Artscroll HaggadahsLike the title says: <a href="http://www.jewishbookmall.com/haggadot.htm">Jewish Book Mall - Over 100 Haggadot/Haggadahs for Passover/Pesach including Artscroll Haggadahs</a>. You can buy individual haggadahs, or complete sets.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/JewishBookBlog" title="Subscribe to my feed"><img src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/xml_button.gif" alt="" style="border:0"/></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0