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Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen

Two Tribes

Emily Bowen Cohen

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction graphic novel middle grade emotional informative reflective fast-paced
This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation by Alan Lew

This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation

Alan Lew

288 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction religion reflective slow-paced
If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir by Ilana Kurshan

If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir

Ilana Kurshan

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion challenging reflective medium-paced
Hours of Devotion Hours of Devotion by Dinah Berland
Hours of Devotion Hours of Devotion
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Dinah Berland

Hours of Devotion Hours of Devotion

Dinah Berland

336 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

Living a Jewish Life by Anita Diamant, Howard Cooper

Living a Jewish Life

Anita Diamant, Howard Cooper

330 pages • first pub 1991 (editions) user-added

nonfiction religion reflective slow-paced
Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--In Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There) by Sarah Hurwitz

Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--In Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)

Sarah Hurwitz

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

218 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction reflective slow-paced
Choosing a Jewish Life, Revised and Updated: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends by Anita Diamant

Choosing a Jewish Life, Revised and Updated: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends

Anita Diamant

256 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction religion emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch

Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword

Hereville #1

Barry Deutsch

144 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy graphic novel middle grade adventurous fast-paced
Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs and Rituals by George Robinson

Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs and Rituals

George Robinson

672 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative slow-paced