Jewish authors (Asher, translation, Sabbath)

[Jazzymom]

Ok now what are some of the books folks like by Jewish authors?



I went to a renewal shabbat service led by Rabbi Marcia Prager which was wonderful.

The book she wrote that I read was "The Path of Blessing"

[Jayhawker Soule]

Heschel!

[Jazzymom]

The last book I read by Elie Wiesel was "Night".


The last Heschel I read was "The Sabbath"

[Fred314X]

Philip Roth, "The Great American Novel." (If you thought I was going to say "Portnoy's Complaint," well, you were wrong!)

[Jazzymom]

I read these books by Chaim Potok.

His books

The Chosen

The Promise

My Name is Asher Lev

The Gift of Asher Lev

[june 7th]

Originally Posted by Fred314X

Philip Roth

A wonderful writer!!!

[Jayhawker Soule]

This doesn't really constitute authorship, but I really like Robert Alter's translation/commentary of Torah, Psalms, and Samuel.

[Chava61]

Originally Posted by Jazzymom

I read these books by Chaim Potok.

His books

The Chosen

The Promise

My Name is Asher Lev

The Gift of Asher Lev

Yes, his books were very good and I had the honor of meeting years ago as his daughter was my classmate and friend for one year that we were in the same class and school.

Other good Jewish authors that I read years ago were Bernard Malamud and Saul Bellow.

[Chava61]

Another more recent author is Talia Carner who wrote the book "Jewish Maiden" (although the book itself isn't new).

[JB from NC]

I'm a big fan of Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.

His Jewish Literacy and Code of Jewish Ethics (Vol.1 and 2) are phenomenal.