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Author Sarah Birnbach: "I became sensitive to others in mourning and learned that even though we can resume our normal activities, we never quite heal from the loss of a loved one." (Provided photo)
The Rockville-based author’s book “A Daughter’s Kaddish” chronicles her spiritual journey in the aftermath of her father’s passing.
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Cantor Karen Webber: "I'm inviting people to see what they will, to dream, to expand their notion of what something looks like." (Provided photo)
The Baltimore resident’s “Vessels of Light” is a poetic and visual exploration of life and creation.
Read MoreToday’s environmental challenges offer an opportunity for Jews and others to come together as a force, says Baltimore-based author and community leader Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin.
Read MoreThe latest crop of children’s books with Passover themes includes a based-on-a-true-story retelling of a Pesach celebration on Mount Everest, a look inside President Barack Obama’s first White House seder, and more.
Read MoreEmma Snyder, owner of The Ivy Bookshop, offers recommendations for must-read titles for adults and children.
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Elaine Weiss: "Maybe this book will give some inspiration and some guidelines as to where we need to go.” (Provided photo)
In her new book, the acclaimed author tells the story of four activists whose plan to restore voting rights to Black Americans laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement.
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Tamir Goodman: “I wanted to be able to hopefully empower kids, because oftentimes when they find out that they have a learning difficulty or any challenge, they might lose their confidence, or they might feel down about themselves." (Provided photo)
Once known as “the Jewish Jordan,” Tamir Goodman, now 43, hopes to inspire young readers with his story of growing up dyslexic.
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Zealous for Zimmerman: Bob Dylan is shown performing at the Kezar Stadium in San Francisco in 1975. (Alvan Meyerowitz/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images via JTA)
As “Dylan Fever” sweeps across the nation with the Oscar-nominated biopic, Jmore offers some of its favorite reads about the Nobel laureate.
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Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna, co-author of "Lincoln and the Jews" : "I don’t want to get too political here, but [Lincoln] was a very different Republican than the incumbent and had a different sense of the presidency." (Provided photo)
A newly revised edition of the award-winning “Lincoln and the Jews: A History” explores what some feel is a neglected component of U.S. history.
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Romance novelist Lindsay Hameroff: “Your happily-ever-after might not look like everyone else’s. The best we can do is follow our hearts and keep moving forward.” (Provided photo)
Romance novelist Lindsay Hameroff, a Pikesville High graduate and former Beth El congregant, says she wants readers to remember that their “happily-ever-after might not look like everyone else’s. The best we can do is follow our hearts and keep moving forward.”
Read MoreRuth Franklin, is the author of the recently published “The Many Lives of Anne Frank.”
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