Natan Noteable Book Award NEWS

Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves was awarded the Jewish Book Council Natan Notable Book Award Fall 2022

Yesterday, Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves was awarded the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Award Fall 2022.

“Natan Notable Book com­mit­tee mem­ber Feli­cia Her­man described the book as, ​“a refresh­ing, acces­si­ble, and thor­ough­ly cre­ative approach to expos­ing peo­ple to the many won­der­ful, strange, sur­pris­ing, and thought-pro­vok­ing sto­ries of women in the Tal­mud. There’s so much going on in the book that it is sure to engage dif­fer­ent kinds of audi­ences, includ­ing both those who are new to the Tal­mud and those who are look­ing for a fresh (pun intend­ed) take on famil­iar texts.”

In choos­ing this title, a book whose for­mat sets it apart from oth­er Natan Notable Book win­ners, the com­mit­tee wel­comed the oppor­tu­ni­ty to intro­duce this holis­tic approach to learn­ing and new ways of think­ing about tra­di­tions and texts. As Feli­cia said, ​“We select Natan Notable Books because they can open up new con­ver­sa­tions in Jew­ish life, and this book will do that, whether those con­ver­sa­tions are about Tal­mu­dic sto­ries that might be new to read­ers; mod­ern inter­pre­ta­tions of those sto­ries that take the clas­sic text in unex­pect­ed direc­tions; an impres­sive­ly eclec­tic group of con­trib­u­tors who span ages, geo­gra­phies, pro­fes­sions, per­spec­tives, and reli­gious back­grounds; or recipes drawn from across the diverse reper­toire of Jew­ish food. That all those recipes are also veg­an is a con­ver­sa­tion-starter in itself!”

This is extraordinary news! I am so proud of this project and every woman who contributed to this book.

There will be a celebratory event for Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves in New York City this Spring. More details about that soon.

Shabbat Shalom

Kenden

P.S. If you have read Feeding Women of the Talmud, Feeding Ourselves, I would be so grateful if you could take a minute to review it on Amazon. Every review counts, even one-liners.