Tamar Biala

Aug 4, 2024 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Tamar Biala

How do we mark Tisha B’Av when the walls have fallen again and Jewish communities of the Land of Israel are laid waste once again?

Jun 18, 2024 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Mark Welch |Tamar Biala |Kenneth D. Wald

In her new book, Mira Bal­berg exam­ines the influ­ence and sig­nif­i­cance of mem­o­ry fail­ures in the lit­er­a­ture of the Tan­naim, the rab­bis whose views are record­ed in the Mishnah. Remem­ber­ing and for­get­ting are deeply embed­ded with­in Judaism. Some­times remem­ber­ing to for­get, some­times for­get­ting to remem­ber. How do we pre­serve mem­o­ry? Must we always remem­ber? Are there things and times we should for­get? Are there bless­ings and curs­es in each?

Oct 5, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Tamar Biala |Leonard S. Kravitz |Kerry Olitzky |Daniel Feldman

My third-sto­ry apart­ment in Jerusalem gets pleas­ant breezes on warm days, so I often leave the win­dows open. My win­dow screens, how­ev­er, have proven to be remark­ably inef­fec­tive at keep­ing bugs out. I have to accept some bad with the good. My book, Archi­tec­Torah: Ideas in Judaism and the Week­ly Torah Por­tion, focus­es on the many places where Judaism inter­acts with archi­tec­ture. The win­dow presents a per­fect exam­ple of this intersection.

Aug 15, 2023 | jewishbookcouncil.org | Tamar Biala

Review By – August 15, 2023 Gol­da Meir is hav­ing a moment in the sum­mer of 2023. A film about the Israeli prime minister’s lead­er­ship dur­ing the 1973 Yom Kip­pur War, star­ring Helen Mir­ren, is in the­aters. A recent book by the schol­ar Pni­na Lahav imag­ines Meir’s inner thoughts and moti­va­tions over the course of her career. And this excel­lent new biog­ra­phy by diplo­mat Deb­o­rah Lip­stadt recounts her life sto­ry with insight and empathy.