Maya Arad

May 27, 2024 | tabletmag.com | Maya Arad

When my daughter was a little girl, she loved hearing stories about my childhood. As far as she could tell, the place where I grew up was strange and exotic. A place where the muezzin’s call to prayer woke you up every morning before sunrise, only for you to turn over and keep on sleeping. A place where a 5-year-old girl would watch her 1-year-old sister overnight, knowing that if the baby woke up, all she had to do was run to the nearby shelter, the one with the TV, and alert her parents.

Dec 18, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Temim Fruchter |Keren Blankfeld |Katya Apekina |Maya Arad

Look­ing to take a break from social media this win­ter? I’m right there with you! But before you log off for the sea­son, be sure to browse one or more of these fif­teen excit­ing new titles. To give you a peek: they include poems informed by the book of Gen­e­sis, recipes for the Jew­ish hol­i­days, and scenes out of Burn­ing Man.