This month we’re joined by Rabbi Shani (pronounced Shah-Knee)
Rosenbaum also in Somerville, MA. Shani is a teacher of Talmud and Halakhah at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in Newton, Mass. Welcome, Shani!
This month we’re talking about The Book of V. by Anna Solomon.
NYT review by Jennifer Haigh: “The Book of V.” is a meditation on female power and powerlessness, the stories told about women and the ones we tell about and to ourselves.
Other Book of Esther retellings that Tamar recommends:
Good for the Jews by Debra Spark
The Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn
Queen Vashti’s Comfy Pants by Leah Rachel Berkowitz
Endorsements:
Zahava endorses the poem “Heavy,” by Mary Oliver
Mimi endorses
Shani endorses Dirshuni (English edition here, Hebrew here and free on Sefaria here)
The Party Upstairs by Lee Conell
Tamar endorses A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall
Unapologetic: The Third Narrative Podcast
Yedid Nefesh haggadah by Rabbi Joshua Cahan
