Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community

by Jodi Eichler-Levine

Book Overview

Exploring a contemporary Judaism rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes readers inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement. As she traveled across the country to homes, craft conventions, synagogue knitting circles, and craftivist actions, she joined in the making, asked questions, and contemplated her own family stories. Jewish Americans, many of them women, are creating ritual challah covers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469660636
• ISBN13: 9781469660639
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"