While Ms Anton's books are well researched, at times I just skimmed over a lot of the "Talmud" sections included in all her books. I suppose I cared more about the women than the Talmud that they were learning. And I think if I had not tried to read this triology one right after the other, I migh...
Usually I'm not a huge historical fiction person. I often find my my purist tendencies get in the way of my enjoyment of historical fiction. Rashi's Daughters came highly recommended to me by a close friend from my synagogue. It shared a lot of similarities, at least in voice, to Anita Diamant's...
The engrossing historical series of three sisters living in eleventh-century Troyes, France, continues with the tale of Miriam, the lively and daring middle child of Salomon ben Isaac, the great Talmudic authority. Having no sons, he teaches his daughters the intricacies of Mishnah and Gemara in ...
Now what was I to do? Obviously Rami wasn’t ready to enter me, but wouldn’t he think me brazen if I turned over to hug him or kiss him? Thankful for the darkness that hid my consternation, I waited…and waited, while the men shouted lusty encouragement from what seemed to be quite nearby. Ha-Elohi...
After telling Tachlifa and our nursemaids to guard the boys, I followed Rava to where the camels were tethered, providing a small windbreak. Rava closed his eyes, faced the enormous wall of sand, and began to speak. He was not so demanding as before, invoking the angels who controlled the wind as...