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Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews by Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel

Drawing upon an understudied historical record, Cohen and Siegel offer insight into the traditions and practical applications of Eastern European Jewish folk medicine. They track the development of Jewish healing through centuries of history, scripture, and theology and provide a window into unique cultural and ecological aspects of Ashkenazi herbal healing in the Pale of Settlement. Perhaps most importantly, the authors produce an incomparable materia medica: a guide to 26 plants and herbs used commonly in Ashkenazi folk medicine. It offers practitioners and students important lessons on the medical profiles, preparation, and application of essential ingredients for centuries of Jewish healing.

Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism by Shane Burley and Ben Lorber

Burley and Lorber give Jews and our allies a game plan for fighting antisemitism, not through seclusion and insular politics, but by forging bonds or solidarity with other marginalized peoples.

Antisemitism is an incredibly complex and versatile ideology, and debates surrounding it have been complicated by Israel’s ongoing crimes against Palestinians. The authors urge us to resist both anti-Jewish and anti-Palestinian racism, as well as attempts to pose justice for Jews and Palestinians as conflicting projects.

They draw on personal experience, history, activist interviews, and front-line reporting to analyze trends in antisemitism and pave a road through the fear and politics dividing communities and hindering the fight against antisemitism and other forms of injustice.

Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel by Loretta J. Ross

In this part memoir, part manifesto, part handbook, Ross asks us to make hard choices and embrace and change those we’d rather cancel. 

Her powerful message is driven by her own life story: she’s lived the mission she urges us to take up and has seen first-hand how effective it is at bringing in the unlikeliest of allies. She’s a survivor of sexual violence who’s taught feminist principles to convicted rapists, a Black women who’s deprogrammed white supremacists, and Calling In illustrates the strategies she’s employed in her activism. 

In an age where excessive cancel culture can feel like righteous justice, Ross offers a new path forward, one that prioritizes communication and collective problem-solving.

Dine in Palestine: An Authentic Taste of Palestine in 60 Recipes by Heifa Odeh

This book is an essential guide to those seeking authentic Palestinian cuisine in their own kitchen. 

Odeh draws upon her own family’s recipes to paint a culinary portrait of her homeland, ripe with all its bold flavors and complex tastes. She invites all those who love cooking, experienced or new cooks, to get a taste of Palestine’s diverse palate. With streamlined techniques and a wide variety of sweet, savory, meat-based, vegetarian, breakfast, and desert options, Dine in Palestine has something for everyone. Even complex dishes like Musakhan (Palestine’s national dish), are made accessible by this important cookbook, and the author understands the value of her work in preserving Palestinian cuisine for generations to come.

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-compiled by Jacob Laufgraben