Named one of Library Journals Best Religion & Spirituality Books of the Year
From the hosts of Unorthodox, Americas leading Jewish podcast, comes an A-to-Z encyclopedia dedicated to all things Jewish, from the cultural to the religious, the biblical to the contemporary, the amusing to the informative, with more than 1,000 entries.
Deeply knowing, highly entertaining, and just a little bit irreverent, this unputdownable encyclopedia of all things Jewish and Jew-ish covers culture, religion, history, habits, language, and more. Readers will refresh their knowledge of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the artistry of Barbra Streisand, the significance of the Oslo Accords, the meaning of words like balaboosta,balagan, bashert, and bageling. Understand all the major and minor holidays. Learn how the Jews invented Hollywood. Remind themselves why they need to read Hannah Arendt, watchSeinfeld, listen to Leonard Cohen. Even discover the secret of happiness (see Latkes ).
Includes hundreds of photos, charts, infographics, and illustrations. Its a lot.
Stephanie Butnick, Liel Leibovitz, and Mark Oppenheimer are the hosts ofUnorthodox, the most popular Jewish podcast on iTunes.
Stephanie Butnickis the deputy editor ofTabletand has written for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. She has a bachelor’s degree in religion from Duke and a master’s in religious studies from NYU. She lives in New York with her husband and their cat, Cat Stevens.
Liel Leibovitzis a senior writer for Tabletand the author of several books, including, most recently, A Broken Hallelujah, a spiritual biography of Leonard Cohen. He has a PhD in video games from Columbia, a fact that makes his seven-year-old self very happy. He lives in New York with his wife and their two chl“&
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