Nosh vegan cookbook has an Alberta connection!
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – When Micah Grobman Siva, a proud Calgarian born and raised, made the conscious personal decision to become a vegetarian at…
Books
‘Untethered’ by Ruth Rakoff: Beautifully written and well worth the read
Reviewed by Jenna Vetsch (AJNews) – Ruth Rakoff has created a terribly beautiful concoction of pain and hope in her novel, Untethered. She does not…
Picture book about family that celebrates Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year wins Jewish book award
by Penny Schwartz (JTA) — A lavishly illustrated children’s book about a Chinese Jewish family who celebrate both Rosh Hashanah and Lunar New Year is among…
Lodz celebrates the life and works of Chava Rosenfarb
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – When one thinks of prominent writers associated with twentieth century Yiddish literature, names like Isaac Bashevis-Singer, Abraham Sutzkever, and Sholem…
The best Jewish books I read in 2023
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — When I spoke with novelist Elizabeth Graver in August about her novel “Kantika” — inspired by her own Turkish Jewish…