Author:Anita Diamant

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The Red Tent

By: Anita Diamant

Price: $10.98

Publisher: Picador: 1997

Seller ID: 0041435

ISBN: 0312195516

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fair

Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood--the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers--Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah--the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah's story reaches out from a remarka...
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Choosing a Jewish Life

By: Anita Diamant

Price: $10.98

Publisher: Schocken: 2016

Seller ID: 0132055

ISBN: 0805210954

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Married to a convert herself, Anita Diamant provides advice and information that can transform the act of conversion into an extraordinary journey of self-discovery and spiritual growth.
Here you will learn how to choose a rabbi, a synagogue, a denomination, a Hebrew name; how to handle the difficulty of putting aside Christmas; what happens at the mikvah (ritual bath) or at a hatafat dam brit (circumcision ritual for those already circumcised); how to find your footing in a new spiritual family that is not always well prepared to receive you; and how not to lose your bonds to your family o...
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The Boston Girl

By: Anita Diamant

Price: $10.50

Publisher: Scribner: 2015

Seller ID: 0135287

ISBN: 1439199361

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very good

New York Times bestseller
An unforgettable novel about a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century, told "with humor and optimism...through the eyes of an irresistible heroine" (People)--from the acclaimed author of The Red Tent.

Anita Diamant's "vivid, affectionate portrait of American womanhood" (Los Angeles Times), follows the life of one woman, Addie Baum, through a period of dramatic change. Addie is The Boston Girl, the spirited daughter of an immigrant Jewish family, born in 1900 to parents who were unprepared for America...
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Author:Anita Diamant

The Red Tent

Choosing a Jewish Life

The Boston Girl