Book Review: JEWels – Teasing out the Poetry in Jewish Humor and Storytelling

Photo: Courtesy of Judaica in the Spotlight Book Description: JEWels is the first of its kind: the living tradition of Jewish stories and jokes transformed into poems, recording and reflecting Jewish experience from ancient times through the present day. In this novel hybrid—jokes and stories boiled down to their essence in short poems—Jewish witticism is […]

Book Review: Sacrifice by Christine Jordan

Description: Zev, a humble butcher’s son, has always loved Arlette but she is promised to another. When the death of a Christian boy is blamed on the local Jews, Arlette is caught up in the ensuing chaos and mob violence leading her betrothed to reject her. Throughout the ordeal, Zev remains steadfast and refuses to […]

*Book Review*: 10 Ways To No Longer Being A Depressed Artist

Image: Courtesy of Judaica in the Spotlight First and foremost, we would like to thank Peshah Ann for kindly sending us a complimentary copy of her beautiful guidebook as well as some of her jewellery pieces for review. Description: 10 Ways To No Longer Being A Depressed Artist is a quick read, filled with insights […]

Book Review: Ephraim’s Bones by David de Wolf

Reviewed by Sarah S. First and foremost, I would like to thank David de Wolf for sending me a complimentary copy of his latest novel, Ephraim’s Bones. Image: Courtesy of Judaica in the Spotlight Book Description: Joseph Lichtman, a young man from Frankfurt, is determined to escape the culture of the ghetto, still dominant fifty […]

Book Review: Celestial Persuasion by Mirta Ines Trupp

Image: Courtesy of Judaica in the Spotlight I have been looking forward to read “Celestial Persuasion” for quite some time now and was thrilled when Mirta reached out to our team, asking if we would like to participate in an Online Book Tour. Naturally, we agreed and said yes. We would like to take this […]

*Children’s Book Review*: Matzah Means So Many Things by Faith Goldstein

Reviewed by Miriam P. and the soon-to-be-six-year-old Julie H. Photo: Courtesy of Judaica in the Spotlight Last weekend, my partner John and I went to visit his parents at their cottage in County Kerry on the other side of the island. As ever so often, his brother Liam together with his wife Róisín and their […]

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