Anita Diamant schafft fesselnde Erzählungen, die sich mit dem Reichtum menschlicher Erfahrung auseinandersetzen und oft Themen der weiblichen Identität, der historischen Resonanz und der jüdischen Kultur erforschen. Ihre Prosa zeichnet sich durch tiefe Empathie und akribische Detailgenauigkeit aus, wodurch sie sowohl vergangene als auch gegenwärtige Welten lebendig werden lässt. Diamant scheut sich nicht, sich bedeutenden sozialen Fragen zu widmen, darunter die Erfahrung der Menstruation und die Rechte der Frauen, und setzt sich durch ihre nachdenkliche Erzählweise für mehr Verständnis und Dialog ein.
The classic guide to the cultural and spiritual treasures of Judaism is now updated for the first time in 15 years to reflect changes in the modern Jewish community. Living a Jewish Life describes Judaism as not just a contemplative or abstract system of thought but as a blueprint for living fully and honorably.
"Explores the subject of menstruation, from toxic historic and religious roots to how young activists are challenging the silence and shame that can erode self-esteem and even threaten lives ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Newly revised and updated, the definitive guide to planning a Jewish wedding - written by bestselling novelist Anita Diamant.
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. In the New York Times bestseller, The Red Tent, Anita Diamant brings this fascinating biblical character to vivid life. Told in Dinah's voice, the novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood-the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of Dinah's 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 remarkable period of early history and creates an intimate connection with the past. With over 3.3 million copies sold, The Red Tent is a modern classic loved throughout the world, and the basis of the A&E/Lifetime mini-series. This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.
"Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie's intelligence and curiosity take her to a world her parents can't imagine--a world of short skirts, movies, celebrity culture, and new opportunities for women. Addie wants to finish high school and dreams of going to college. She wants a career and to find true love. Eighty-five-year-old Addie tells the story of her life to her twenty-two-year-old granddaughter, who has asked her "How did you get to be the woman you are today." She begins in 1915, the year she found her voice and made friends who would help shape the course of her life. From the one-room tenement apartment she shared with her parents and two sisters, to the library group for girls she joins at a neighborhood settlement house, to her first, disastrous love affair, Addie recalls her adventures with compassion for the naive girl she was and a wicked sense of humor."--
Román Po noci přijde den vychází z neobyčejného příběhu, který se skutečně odehrál v říjnu 1945. Tehdy bylo osvobozeno přes 200 židovských zajatců z palestinského internačního tábora Atlit, v němž byli zadržováni britskými ozbrojenými silami coby „ilegální“ přistěhovalci. Příběh je líčen očima čtyř mladých zajatkyň, které přežily holokaust: Polky, která bojovala proti Němcům se skupinou partyzánů; pařížské krásky, přinucené za války k prostituci; holandské Židovky, která se za války ukrývala a teď se snaží zapomenout; a ženy, která přežila Osvětim. Čtyři mladé ženy, které uprchly do Izraele z nacistické Evropy, sužované nepopsatelně krušnými vzpomínkami a ztrátami, nacházejí spásu v přátelství a pospolitosti a zároveň se pokoušejí přivyknout nové zemi. Pronásledují je nepopsatelné vzpomínky, bojí se začít znovu doufat. Román Po noci příjde den je výjimečně ztvárněný příběh útrap, nezdolnosti a soudržnosti. Dotýká se druhé světové války, holokaustu a založení státu Izrael. Anita Diamant má obdivuhodný dar vytvářet nezapomenutelné postavy, svůj příběh zasadila do strhujícího historického románu, v němž jde především o spásnou moc ženského přátelství, zotavení z těžkých ran osudu a lásku. Je to nezapomenutelný příběh utrpení a nových začátků, zachycující historický okamžik s mistrovskou výmluvností, z nějž dojímá i mrazí. Kniha Po noci přijde den je klenotem mezi romány.
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and The Salt Lake Tribune Just as she gave voice to the silent women of the Hebrew Bible in The Red Tent, Anita Diamant creates a cast of breathtakingly vivid characters—young women who escaped to Israel from Nazi Europe—in this intensely dramatic novel. Day After Night is based on the extraordinary true story of the October 1945 rescue of more than two hundred prisoners from the Atlit internment camp, a prison for “illegal” immigrants run by the British military near the Mediterranean coast south of Haifa. The story is told through the eyes of four young women at the camp who survived the Holocaust: Shayndel, a Polish Zionist; Leonie, a Parisian beauty; Tedi, a hidden Dutch Jew; and Zorah, a concentration camp survivor. Haunted by unspeakable memories and losses, afraid to hope, the four of them find salvation in the bonds of friendship and shared experience even as they confront the challenge of re-creating themselves in a strange new country. Diamant’s triumphant novel is an unforgettable story of tragedy and redemption that reimagines a singular moment in history with stunning eloquence.
In her most moving novel yet, Diamant portrays richly imagined female characters in a haunting fictionalization of the post-Holocaust experience
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent—a classic parenting book that combines insights from Jewish tradition with contemporary thinking about how children learn and grow. In this updated edition, you will discover the practices, customs, and values that go into creating a Jewish home and raising joyful children within the rich traditions of Judaism.
This empowering anthology looks at the growth and accomplishments of Jewish feminism and what that means for Jewish women today and tomorrow. It features the voices of women from every area of Jewish life-the Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative, Orthodox and Jewish Renewal movements; rabbis, congregational leaders, artists, writers, community service professionals, academics, and chaplains, from the United States, Canada, and Israel-addressing the important issues that concern Jewish women: Women and Theology, Women, Ritual and Torah, Women and the Synagogue, Women in Israel, Gender, Sexuality and Age, Women and the Denominations, Leadership and Social Justice. Book jacket.