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memoir & biography
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Between Gods: A Memoir by Alison Pick

Between Gods: A Memoir

Alison Pick

400 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective medium-paced
Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud by Barry W. Holtz

Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud

Barry W. Holtz

248 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language by Ilan Stavans

On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language

Ilan Stavans

272 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective slow-paced
A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi by Aron Rodrigue, Isaac Jerusalmi, Sarah Abrevaya Stein

A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi

Aron Rodrigue, Isaac Jerusalmi, Sarah Abrevaya Stein

432 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self by Rebecca Walker

Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self

Rebecca Walker

322 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective medium-paced
Lovesong: Becoming a Jew by Julius Lester

Lovesong: Becoming a Jew

Julius Lester

248 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion reflective medium-paced
As I Lived It by Irma Miriam Lopes Cardozo
As I Lived It
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Irma Miriam Lopes Cardozo

As I Lived It

Irma Miriam Lopes Cardozo

254 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky

Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books

Aaron Lansky

316 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir reflective medium-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
Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion by Danya Ruttenberg

Surprised by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion

Danya Ruttenberg

235 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced