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Osnat and her dove : the true story of the world's first female rabbi / written by Sigal Samuel ; illustrated by Vali Mintzi.

Samuel, Sigal, (author.). Mintzi, Vali, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Osnat Barzani, also known as Asnat or Asenath Barzani, the world's first female rabbi, was born almost five hundred years ago, during a time when few girls were allowed to read. Her father was a great scholar whose house was filled with books, and she convinced him to teach her. She grew up to teach others, becoming a wise and famous scholar in her own right.-- Adapted from inside front jacket flap, Amazon.com, and a Jerusalem Post article about the book.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781646140374
  • ISBN: 1646140370
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Montclair : Levine Querido, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Arthur A. Levine book"--Page facing title page.
Subject: Barzani, Osnat, 1590-1670 > Juvenile literature.
Barzani, Osnat, 1590-1670.
Barzani, Osnat, 1590-1670 > Juvenile literature.
Women rabbis > Iraq > Mosul > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Jewish women > Iraq > Mosul > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women, Kurdish > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women rabbis.
Women, Kurdish.
Women in Judaism.
Femmes rabbins > Irak > Mossoul > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Juives > Irak > Mossoul > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Femmes kurdes > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Folklore & Mythology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Middle East.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Religion / Judaism.
Jewish women.
Women, Kurdish.
Women rabbis.
Women rabbis > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Jewish women > Iraq > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women rabbis > Biography.
Women in Judaism > Juvenile literature.
Women rabbis.
Women in Judaism.
Mosul (Iraq) > Juvenile literature.
Iraq > Mosul.
Genre: Jewish religious fiction.
Children's stories.
Biography.
picture books.
Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Religious fiction.
Biographies.
Livres d'images.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library. (Show)
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library JB BARZANI (Text) 000164993 Children's Library -- Biography Available -

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Osnat and Her Dove : The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi
Osnat and Her Dove : The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi
by Samuel, Sigal; Mintzi, Vali (Illustrator)
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Author Notes

Osnat and Her Dove : The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi

Sigal Samuel is an award-winning novelist and journalist. Currently a Staff Writer at Vox, she previously worked as Religion Editor at The Atlantic, Opinion Editor at the Forward, and Associate Editor at the Daily Beast. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. The Mystics of Mile End , her debut novel, was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award and the Alberta Book Publishing Award. Sigal hails from an Iraqi Jewish family in Montreal, and now lives in Washington, DC. Vali Mintzi is an illustrator of children's books, a graphic designer, and puppetry designer. She was born in Romania and she graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem where she lives and works. The New York Times praised her artwork for a picture book by Rita Jahan Foruz, saying: " The Girl With a Brave Heart is strikingly enhanced by Vali Mintzi's exquisite naïf illustrations, which seem a happy meeting of Gauguin and mid-career Matisse."


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