For those of you in North Jersey:
Maggie Anton,well-known author of the three book series,
"Rashi's Daughters: Novels of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France,"
Will speak at Oheb Shalom Congregation 180 Scotland Road, South Orange,
NJ
Wednesday evening, May 18, at 8:00 pm.
She will also be s
Another series of books with insight into Jewish life- and
Jewish/Christian relations in Medieval Europe (mostly France but also
England and Scotland) is a series of books by Sharan Newman - The
Catherine LeVendeur series. Currently there are 9 books in the series.
The author is a series histori
I missed the query about Maggie Anton, but I can say that we brought
her to New Haven in the fall as part of our Jewish Book Festival. I
thought she was fantastic. She spoke entirely without notes --
taught Talmud and history and also discussed her novels and the
writing process. She was a h
Just an added note, Michelle was a speaker at our temple and she was
wonderful. The book has been a big hit with our congregants.
Linda Wien Murray
Monmouth Reform Temple
332 Hance Avenue
Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
lwmurr...@gmail.com
It sounds like a fascinating presentation. Anton's books provide rich
details of Medieval Jewish life.
If you enjoyed reading about Jewish life in Medieval Europe, I highly
recommend Michelle Cameron's new book, The Fruit of Her Hands: The
Story of Shira of Ashkenaz. Cameron based her historic
She spoke here in Cincinnati Thursday evening, and I found her
presentation enchanting.
Lots of humor and I learned a lot--about Talmud and about Jewish life
in Europe before the Crusades, especially the surprising status of
Jewish women.
She went a bit longer than other speakers, but the au
Dear all,
A few months ago somebody asked on the list for input about Maggie
Anton, author of the Rashi's daughters series, as a lecturer. She
visited our synagogue last October and gave a talk. Yesterday I
posted a 6 minute long , edited video of that lecture on our site:
http://www.bethamisr
August 14, 2008
I heard Maggie Anton discussing her first book: Rashi's Daughter. She
is interesting, enthusiastic and well prepared. Her work and research
are impressive,
and she describes them well.
I would not hesitate to engage her.
Hava Ben-Zvi
Author of Eva's Journey and The Bride Who Arg
I had the pleasure of hearing Ms. Anton speak at a public library
after the publication of her first book. She is an enthusiastic and
engaging speaker who loves to share her considerable knowledge with
the audiance.
I feel that any monies you might need to spend to arrange her
speaking tour wou
Shalom,
If you have heard Maggie Anton, author of Rashi's daughers, give a
presentation, would you be willing to describe the program and or
share your feedback with me?
Emunah Women Ottawa would like to organize a joint program with a
llocal ibrary if all signs point to go.
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