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Come light the Menorá

J Is for Janucá by Melanie Romero

December 1, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I think of Hanukkah, I think of a winter celebration that I know a little about, but not enough to say much about. So, when J Is for Janucá came up on a list of books to read online via Edelweiss, I thought here is a great way to learn. And I learned more than expected. You see, this book is bilingual. Spanish and English words and phrases fill this alphabet book in ways you will be amazed at. Words you might know, such […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: Cassie Gonzales, Hanukkah, Holidays & Celebrations, Janucaa, Judaism, Melanie Romero, spanish, The Festival of Lights

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:580 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Cassie Gonzales, Hanukkah, Holidays & Celebrations, Janucaa, Judaism, Melanie Romero, spanish, The Festival of Lights ·
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Learning About but Don’t Appropriate

Jewish Holidays: A Brief Introductions for Christians by Kerry M. Olitzky

September 10, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

Jewish Holidays: A Brief Introduction for Christians by Kerry M. Olitzky My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is a really good overview of Jewish holidays for those that are curious about their origins and practices, particularly from a Christian context. If you are looking for a “how-to” this is not that book. Like the title says, it’s brief. Each holiday is presented in it’s context from the Torah followed by a socio-historical context. There is an overview of how the holiday is practiced […]

Filed Under: Religion Tagged With: Christianity, holidays, Judaism, Kerry M. Olitzky

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Religion · Tags: Christianity, holidays, Judaism, Kerry M. Olitzky ·
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Maiden, Friend, Wife, Counselor, and Queen

Esther by Norah Lofts

August 12, 2022 by Pooja 2 Comments

CBR 14 Bingo: Snake There are several snakes in the grass who lie in wait for the king, most of all his favorite Haman. Esther is Jewish, but her husband the king of Persia doesn’t know it. Which is rather a problem, as he has allowed his courtier Haman to order the massacre of all the Jews in his empire. Did I really need to give a summary? It’s in the Bible! This was a short, swift read, starting with the casting out of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Biblical, cbr14bingo, historical fiction, Judaism, Norah Lofts, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:102 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Biblical, cbr14bingo, historical fiction, Judaism, Norah Lofts, Romance ·
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Anti-Semites Get Theirs

Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in Wartime America by Michael Benson

August 4, 2022 by Pooja 1 Comment

CBR 14 Bingo: Bodies Bodies hit the floor a whole lot of times, if not permanently. With Nazism on the rise in 1930s America, protected by free speech laws, a Jewish judge sets out to deal with them in the only way he knows how – by setting gangsters on them. I’m not big on WW2 stories, mostly because I feel like the market is rather oversaturated. But rather perversely I’m still always on the lookout for unique stories in this setting, because those stories […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1930s, ARC, audiobook, cbr14bingo, Judaism, Michael Benson, Nazis, NetGalley, United States

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:94 · Genres: Audiobooks, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1930s, ARC, audiobook, cbr14bingo, Judaism, Michael Benson, Nazis, NetGalley, United States ·
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June 2022 Leftovers

The Cage by Bonnie Kistler

Gangsterland by Tod Goldberg

Gone 'Til November by Wallace Stroby

Cover Story by Susan Rigetti

Survivor's Guilt by Robyn Gigl

The Old Man by Thomas Perry

Iron Annie by Luke Cassidy

The Drop by Michael Connelly

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw

Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe

Amateur City by Katherine V. Forrest

Booth by Karen Joy Fowler

The Fury of Blacky Jaguar by Angel Luis Colón

He Kills Coppers by Jake Arnott

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

June 30, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

I was dealing with work turmoil and on vacation for most of June so I didn’t get the chance to write as many in depth reviews as I’d have liked to. Which is a shame because some of these deserved a longer look; I just didn’t have the time or energy… The Cage **** I went back-and-forth on my review. I’ve been giving out a lot of 4-star reviews lately and considered docking the book for that reason since it’s very borderline. But the more I […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Amateur City, Angel Luis Colón, Anna Delvy, Aristophanes, Barbed Wire Heart, Blacky Jaguar, Bonnie Kistler, Booth, Cat Person, CIA, Cover Story, David Nasaw, England, Erin McCabe, espionage, fashion, Florida, gangsterland, Gone Til November, Greece, harry bosch, He Kills Coppers, historical fiction, Ireland, Iron Annie, Jake Arnott, john wilkes booth, Joseph P. Kennedy, Judaism, karen joy fowler, Kate Delafield, Katherine V. Forrest, Las Vegas, legal thriller, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Luke Cassidy, Lysistrata, mafia, Michael Connelly, mystery, new jersey, New York City, Peloponnesian War, Play, Robyn Gigl, Sal Cupertine, Survivors Guilt, Susan Rigetti, Tess Sharpe, The Cage, The Drop, The Fury of Blacky Jaguar, The Old Man, The Patriarch, Thomas Perry, thriller, tod goldberg, trans, trans woman, Wallace Stroby

Jake's CBR14 Review No:115 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Amateur City, Angel Luis Colón, Anna Delvy, Aristophanes, Barbed Wire Heart, Blacky Jaguar, Bonnie Kistler, Booth, Cat Person, CIA, Cover Story, David Nasaw, England, Erin McCabe, espionage, fashion, Florida, gangsterland, Gone Til November, Greece, harry bosch, He Kills Coppers, historical fiction, Ireland, Iron Annie, Jake Arnott, john wilkes booth, Joseph P. Kennedy, Judaism, karen joy fowler, Kate Delafield, Katherine V. Forrest, Las Vegas, legal thriller, LGBTQIA, los angeles, Luke Cassidy, Lysistrata, mafia, Michael Connelly, mystery, new jersey, New York City, Peloponnesian War, Play, Robyn Gigl, Sal Cupertine, Survivors Guilt, Susan Rigetti, Tess Sharpe, The Cage, The Drop, The Fury of Blacky Jaguar, The Old Man, The Patriarch, Thomas Perry, thriller, tod goldberg, trans, trans woman, Wallace Stroby ·
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Incisive and Interesting Essays on Orthodox Jewish Childhood

Artifacts of Orthodox Jewish Childhood by Dainy Bernstein (editor)

June 17, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Artifacts of Orthodox Childhoods is a book of personal and critical essays that cover a historically under-researched topic. The book is inclusive of a wide range of viewpoints and backgrounds, and it benefits from the thought that went into the editing of the essays and the impulse to widen instead of narrow the people who contributed. I appreciated that this book didn’t retread the same familiar ground we see in the media of the triumphant escape from the backwards evil of Ultra-Orthodoxy. Instead, the collection gave […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: critical essays, Dainy Bernstein (editor), ethnography, Judaism, Othodox Judaism, personal essays, sociology

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: critical essays, Dainy Bernstein (editor), ethnography, Judaism, Othodox Judaism, personal essays, sociology ·
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