Let me take you back to a few short weeks ago, when I was sick with Covid. I was idly poking around Twitter. I was feeling lousy, couldn’t really focus on books or even TV. And then someone I don’t.
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Today is beginning of the New Year for Trees in Israel. The rainy season is coming to an end, cold winds are warming, scents of springtime are in the air and the almond tree is displaying her blossoms.
It’s
th day and full moon of the Hebrew month of
Shvat, which falls around this time of the year. During the times when the Temple was still standing in Jerusalem, Tu BiShvat was the day when famers brought up their yearly tithes for the service of the priests. By this time of year, trees have soaked up all the winter rains and sap is flowing up through the branches announcing the beginning of a new year of growth. The festival became known as
The best religion books of 2020
Biblio-therapy for the ill at ease. That means all of us. Caste: The Lies That Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson. Courtesy image
December 23, 2020
2020 has been an odd and unsettling year perhaps the oddest and most unsettling in our lifetimes.
I am not one to find silver linings in clouds, but here is one that I definitely succeeded in finding: my increased solitude gave me more time and mental space for reading.
Here, then, is my list of my favorite books of 2020, arranged alphabetically according to author. These are the books that kept me sane, inspired me, challenged me, and pushed me beyond an already damaged comfort zone. I believe that they should be on everyone’s reading list.