Jewish & Noahide Reading List

Antisemitism, Nationalism, & White Supremacy

• The Origins of Antisemitism: Attitudes toward Judaism in Pagan and Christian Antiquity (Book)
• Varieties of Antisemitism: History, Ideology, Discourse (Book)
• Antisemitism Education (Blog Post)
• Antisemitism 101 (Article)
• @analyzingantisemitism (TikTok Account)
• How to Spot and Respond to White Supremacist Propaganda (Article)
• Decrypting the Alt-Right: How to Recognize a F@scist (Video)
• Endnote 2: White Fascism (Video)
• Religious Nationalism: A Reference Handbook (Book)
• Roots of Theological Anti-Semitism: German Biblical Interpretation and the Jews- from Herder and Semler, to Kittel and Bultmann (Book)
• The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (Book)
• The Origins of American Religious Nationalism (Book)
• The Growing Threat Of Christian Nationalism (Video)
• The Return of Religious Antisemitism (Book)
• People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present (Book)
• Jews Don’t Count (Book)
• Pack of Thieves: How Hitler and Europe Plundered the Jews and Committed the Greatest Theft in History (Book)
• Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books (Book)
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Book)

Jewish History

• A History of Judaism (Book)
• Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History Of The Jews (Book)
• Social and Political History of the Jews in Poland from 1919 to 1939 (Book)
• The Jews of Odessa: A Cultural History from 1794 to 1881 (Book)
• Ukrainian-Jewish Relations in Historical Perspective (Book)
• The Jewish Dark Continent: Life and Death in the Russian Pale of Settlement (Book)
• Prophecy and Politics: Socialism, Nationalism, and the Russian Jews from 1862 to 1917 (Book)
• Russia’s First Modern Jews: The Jews of Shklov (Book)
• The Jews of the Soviet Union: The History of a National Minority (Book)
• Jews and the German State: The Political History of a Minority from 1848 to 1933 (Book)
• German Jews in the Era of the "Final Solution": Essays on Jewish and Universal History (Book)
• Jewish Life and Culture in Germany After 1945: Sacred Spaces, Objects, and Musical Traditions (Book)
• A History of the Jews in America (Book)
• Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn (Book)
• The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader (Book)

Noahidism

• The Divine Code: The Guide to Observing the Noahide Code, Revealed from Mount Sinai in the Torah of Moses; 4th Edition (Book)
• AskNoah.org (Website)
• Noahide.org (Website)
• WikiNoah.org (Website)
• Noahide Mitzvot & Lifestyle Course (Youtube Channel)

Conversion

• Since Sinai: A Convert's Path to Judaism (Book)
• Choosing A Jewish Life: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends (Book)
• Becoming Jewish: The Challenges, Rewards, and Paths to Conversion (Book)

Movements / "Denominations"

• Judaisms: A 21st Century Introduction to Jews and Jewish Identities (Book)
• Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism (Book)
• Birth of Conservative Judaism: Solomon Schechter's Disciples and the Creation of an American Religious Movement (Book)
• Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice (Book)
• Conservative Judaism: A Contemporary History (Book)
• Jewish Renewal: A Journey; The Movement's History, Ideology, and Future (Book)
• Modern Folk Judaism: The Reality and the Challenge (Book)

EcoJudaism

• Torah of the Earth, Volume I: Exploring 4,000 Years of Ecology In Judaism; Zionism & Eco-Judaism (Book)
• Torah of the Earth, Volume II: Exploring 4,000 Years of Ecology In Judaism; Zionism & Eco-Judaism (Book)
• God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi (Book)
• A Wild Faith: Jewish Ways into Wilderness, Wilderness Ways into Judaism (Book)
• Trees, Earth, and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat Anthology (Book)
• Let the Earth Teach You Torah: A Guide To Teaching Jewish Ecological Wisdom (Book)
• Spirit In Nature: Teaching Judaism and Ecology on the Trail (Book)
• The Spiritual Gardener: Insights from the Jewish Tradition to Help your Garden Grow (Book)

Text & Interpretation

• Dictionary of Jewish Words (Book)
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols (Book)
• The Hebrew Bible: A Translation With Commentary; 3 Volume Set (Book)
• Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash (Book)
• Essential Figures in the Talmud (Book)
• Reading the Rabbis: The Talmud as Literature (Book)
• Midrashic Process: Tradition and Interpretation in Rabbinic Judaism (Book)
• Theology of the Oral Torah: Revealing the Justice of God (Book)

Base Beliefs & Customs

• Living Judaism: The Complete Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice (Book)
• Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs, and Rituals; Revised and Updated (Book)
• Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families; Updated and Revised Edition (Book)
• Settings of Silver: An Introduction to Judaism; 2nd Edition (Book)
• Finding Our Way: Jewish Texts and the Lives We Lead Today; 2nd Edition (Book)
• To Be A Jew: A Guide To Jewish Observance In Contemporary Life; Revised Edition (Book)

Soul & Afterlife

• Anatomy of the Soul (Book)
• Jewish Tales of Reincarnation (Book)
• Reincarnation and Judaism: The Journey of the Soul (Book)
• Jewish Views of the Afterlife (Book)

Prayer & Holidays

• To Pray As A Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and Synagogue Service (Book)
• Kavvana: Directing the Heart in Jewish Prayer (Book)
• Mishkan Ga'avah: Where Pride Dwells; A Celebration of LGBTQ Jewish Life and Ritual (Book)
• Seyder Tkhines: The Forgotten Book of Common Prayer for Jewish Women (Book)
• Guide to Jewish Holy Days: History and Observance (Book)
• The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man (Book)

Misc

• This Is My God (Book)
• Pious Irreverence: Confronting God in Rabbinic Judaism (Book)
• Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice (Book)
• Kosher for Everybody: The Complete Guide to Understanding, Shopping, Cooking, and Eating the Kosher Way (Book)

Folklore

• Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture (Book)
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions (Book)
• Folk Tales of the Jews, Volume I: Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion (Book)
• Folk Tales of the Jews, Volume II: Tales from Eastern Europe (Book)
• Legends of the Jews, Volume I (Book)
• Legends of the Jews, Volume II (Book)
• Legends of the Jews, Volume III (Book)
• Legends of the Jews, Volume IV (Book)
• Gates to the Old City: A Book Of Jewish Legends (Book)
• A Treasury of American-Jewish Folklore (Book)
• Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural Selected and Retold by Howard Schwartz (Book)
• Sacred Monsters: Mysterious and Mythical Creatures of Scripture, Talmud, and Midrash (Book)

Magic & Mysticism

• Ancient Jewish Magic: A History (Book)
• Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study In Folk Religion (Book)
• Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism (Book)
• Jewish Mysticism and Magic: An Anthropological Perspective (Book)
• Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah: New Insights and Scholarship (Book)
• From the Depth of the Well: An Anthology of Jewish Mysticism (Book)
• Jewish Magic Before the Rise of Kabbalah (Book)
• Origins of the Kabbalah (Book)
• Jewish Mysticism: From Ancient Times Through Today (Book)
• The Hidden and Manifest God: Some Major Themes in Early Jewish Mysticism (Book)
• On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah (Book)
• The Way of the Flame: A Guide to the Forgotten Mystical Tradition of Jewish Meditation (Book)
• Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide (Book)
• Meditation and Judaism: Exploring the Jewish Meditative Paths (Book)
• Everyday Holiness: The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar (Book)
• Studies in Exstatic Kabbalah (Book)
• Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism (Book)
• Enchanted Chains: Techniques and Rituals in Jewish Mysticism (Book)
• The Poetry of Kabbalah: Mystical Verse From the Jewish Tradition (Book)
• Magic of Hebrew Chant" Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind, Deepening Love (Book)
• Aramaic Bowl Spells, Volume I: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Bowls (Book)
• Aramaic Bowl Spells, Volume II: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Bowls (Book)
• Jewish Love Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Book)
• Studies on Astral Magic In Medieval Jewish Thought (Book)
• Sleep, Death, and Rebirth: Mystical Practices of Lurianic Kabbalah (Book)
• Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaism (Book)
• Babylonian Oil Magic in the Talmud and in the later Jewish Literature (Book)
• Ritual Practices To Gain Power: Angels, Incantations, and Revelation In Early Jewish Mysticism (Book)
• A New Oracle of Kabbalah: Mystical Teachings of the Hebrew Letters (Book)

Herbalism & Medicine

• Dictionary of Bible Plants (Book)
• Dukes Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible (Book)
• Solomon Described Plants: A Botanical Guide To Plant Life In The Bible (Book)
• Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh: Plants of the Bible and the Quran (Book)
• Herbs of the Bible: 2000 Years of Plant Medicine (Book)
• Biblical and Talmudic Medicine (Book)
• Medicine in the Bible and the Talmud: Selections from Classical Jewish Sources (Book)
• Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies Between Magic and Science (Book)
• Collecting Recipes: Byzantine and Jewish Pharmacology in Dialogue (Book)
• Akkadian Healing Therapies in the Babylonian Talmud (Book)
• Polish Herbs, Flowers, and Folk Medicine; Revised Edition (Book)
• Jewish Medicine and Healthcare in Central Eastern Europe: Shared Identities, Entangled Histories (Book)
• Ashkenazi Herbalism: Rediscovering the Herbal Traditions of Eastern European Jews (Book)
• A Frog Under the Tongue: Jewish Folk Medicine in Eastern Europe (Book)
• Ritual Medical Lore of Sephardic Women: Sweetening the Spirits, Healing the Sick (Book)
• The Jewish Book of Flowers (Book)
• The Land in Our Bones: Plantcestral Herbalism and Healing Cultures from Syria to the Sinai; Earth-based pathways to ancestral stewardship and belonging in diaspora (Book)