Megillat Esther
by J. T. Waldman

$14.95 order
Order code: 053-ME

A wild and wooly, highly detailed. graphic (cartoon) version of the Megillah.

"Waldman's Megillat Esther is a visual masterpiece ... The richly detailed pages are dazzling ... this is just the sort of independent, intelligent, nonapologetic work that JPS and entities like it should be promoting."
— The Forward

"Through text and art, Waldman feeds readers only the raw words, emotions, and actions of each of the characters, illustrated by Expressionist-inspired drawing."
— The Jerusalem Report

"JT Waldman is a very talented young man who has provided an original translation, artwork, and calligraphy for Megillat Esther. In essence, he has written and illustrated an adult comic book version of this classic story. The artwork is stunning, revealing layers of meaning behind the text... This is a work of great creativity and originality..."
— Jewish Book World

"A bravura display of detail and technique..."
— Will Eisner

"...Waldman's book represents a new breed of biblical work: more than a simple illuminated manuscript, he provides a visually interpreted translation of Esther with commentary. To my knowledge, nothing like this has ever been created."
—SBL Forum (Society of Biblical Literature)

Jewish Publication Society
Haggadah Commentary
by Joseph Tabory

$31.95 order
Order code: 023a-JPScom

An excellent historical seder resource

This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn where the seder comes from — what it looked like 2000 years ago, and how it has evolved since. It's a book to read BEFORE the seder, not AT the seder. The author, Rabbi Joseph Tabory, is a professor at Bar Ilan University.
Also includes complete text of the haggadah with clear English translation.

Etz Hayim:
Torah and Commentary
a publication of the Conservative movement, produced through a joint venture of The Rabbinical Assembly, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, and The Jewish Publication Society.

Hardback: $64.95 order
Order code: 023b-JPSeh

5x7 "travel" edition (paperback): $24.95 order
Order code: 023c-JPSehp

For many decades, Conservative synagogues have muddled through with the old Hertz Humash, written by the chief rabbi of Britain in 1936. But now, finally, comes Etz Hayim — a full humash with haftarot and a lot more — and it's worth the wait.

One major innovation: separate p'shat and d'rash commentary themes, showing two approaches to interpreting the Torah:

• The p'shat commentary, adapted from the JPS Torah Commentary and edited by Chaim Potok, seeks to explain the basic meaning of the text.

• The d'rash commentary, edited by Harold Kushner, selects insights from over 2000 years of Torah study, including passages from the Talmud and Midrash, the teachings of the Sages, comments by Rashi, homiletic and psychological insights by Hasidic teachers, and reading by contemporary rabbis and scholars, including women's voices.