Named one of Library Journal’s Best Religion &amp; Spirituality Books of 2019 An Unorthodox Guide to Everything Jewish 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, watch Seinfeld, listen to Leonard Cohen. Even discover the secret of happiness (see “Latkes”). Includes hundreds of photos, charts, infographics, and illustrations. It’s a lot.

The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between

Humor & Entertainment

Leibovitz, Liel

Oppenheimer, Mark

Tablet

Butnick, Stephanie

Humor

Artisan

“Your gift giving problems are now over—just stock up on The 100 Most Jewish Foods. . . . The appropriate gift for any occasion.” —Jewish Book Council “[A] love letter—to food, family, faith and identity, and the deliciously tangled way they come together.” —NPR’s The Salt With contributions from Ruth Reichl, Éric Ripert, Joan Nathan, Michael Solomonov, Dan Barber, Yotam Ottolenghi, Tom Colicchio, Maira Kalman, Melissa Clark, and many more! Tablet’s list of the 100 most Jewish foods is not about the most popular Jewish foods, or the tastiest, or even the most enduring. It’s a list of the most significant foods culturally and historically to the Jewish people, explored deeply with essays, recipes, stories, and context. Some of the dishes are no longer cooked at home, and some are not even dishes in the traditional sense (store-bought cereal and Stella D’oro cookies, for example). The entire list is up for debate, which is what makes this book so much fun. Many of the foods are delicious (such as babka and shakshuka). Others make us wonder how they’ve survived as long as they have (such as unhatched chicken eggs and jellied calves’ feet). As expected, many Jewish (and now universal) favorites like matzo balls, pickles, cheesecake, blintzes, and chopped liver make the list. The recipes are global and represent all contingencies of the Jewish experience. Contributors include Ruth Reichl, Éric Ripert, Joan Nathan, Michael Solomonov, Dan Barber, Gail Simmons, Yotam Ottolenghi, Tom Colicchio, Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, Maira Kalman, Action Bronson, Daphne Merkin, Shalom Auslander, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and Phil Rosenthal, among many others. Presented in a gifty package, The 100 Most Jewish Foods is the perfect book to dip into, quote from, cook from, and launch a spirited debate.

The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Newhouse, Alana

Cooking Education & Reference

Each generation is called to perform a Passover Seder, a ritual designed to help us imagine personally experiencing the exodus from Egypt. But how can we do this together, when today our tables include people of different backgrounds, knowledge, and beliefs? Let this Passover Haggadah be your guide. Both proudly traditional and blazingly modern, it is a perfect blueprint for remembering the past, living in our present, and imagining the future. Here you’ll find the entirety of the Seder text for those who don’t want to miss a thing—including Hebrew, English, and a newly developed transliteration that makes the Hebrew surprisingly accessible. And, alongside, contemporary questions, illustrations, and meditations on freedom, community, destiny, and other topics that will engage the whole group in a lively and memorable discussion, especially once you’ve started in on those obligatory four cups of wine.

The Passover Haggadah: An Ancient Story for Modern Times

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

From Tablet magazine—the definitive online authority on Jewish life and culture—and based on the acclaimed 100 Most Jewish Foods, this ingenious 500-piece circular puzzle celebrates the one unwavering joy of Jewish life: food! In The 100 Most Jewish Foods 500-Piece Circular Puzzle, a giant table featuring all 100 of Tablet’s (highly debatable) list of the most Jewish foods materializes in gorgeous full color.\nFeaturing: 500 full-color interlocking pieces Art print with puzzle image Finished puzzle is 26 1/2" diameter

The 100 Most Jewish Foods: 500-Piece Circular Puzzle (Artisan Puzzle)

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

<div>Introducing a new line of stationery products from&nbsp;Tablet magazine, featuring photographs and illustrations from the acclaimed&nbsp;100 Most Jewish Foods.&nbsp;In&nbsp;The Jewish Foods Memory Game, players will match bagel to bagel and lox to lox, learning the Hebrew words of the foods as they go.</div>

The Jewish Foods Memory Game

<div>Introducing a new line of stationery products from&nbsp;Tablet magazine, featuring photographs and illustrations from the acclaimed&nbsp;100 Most Jewish Foods. Celebrate Tablet's (highly debatable) list of the most Jewish foods with&nbsp;The Jewish Foods Sticker Book, featuring nearly 300 full-colour stickers of all your favourite (and not-so-favourite) noshes.&nbsp;</div>

The Jewish Foods Sticker Book

Zionism: The Tablet Guide

Liel Leibovitz

Tablet Magazine

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