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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>words on words</description><title>reading confidential</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @readingconfidential)</generator><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>the talmud: what it is and what it says</title><description>a fine introduction to the good book, if a little poorly written. the examples were great. </description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/46096084142</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/46096084142</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:54:38 -0400</pubDate><category>jacob neusner</category></item><item><title>questions and answers about conversion to judaism</title><description>the answers were fine, for the most part, but I could have lived without some of these questions. </description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/46096041393</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/46096041393</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:54:03 -0400</pubDate><category>lawrence j. epstein</category></item><item><title>mudhouse sabbath</title><description>a nice exploration of various practices and intentions across different contexts. </description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/46095952159</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/46095952159</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:52:52 -0400</pubDate><category>lauren f. winner</category></item><item><title>the sabbath</title><description>
Creation, we are taught, is not an act that happened once upon a time, once and forever. The act of...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44551203107</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44551203107</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:14:22 -0500</pubDate><category>abraham joshua heschel</category></item><item><title>girl meets god: on the path to a spiritual life</title><description>an account of a woman who grew into the orthodox jewish tradition and formally converted (as the...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44547299003</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44547299003</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:59:53 -0500</pubDate><category>lauren f. winner</category></item><item><title>judaism: a very short introduction</title><description>clear, memorable presentation of information. this book covered much of the same ground as the...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44547156067</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44547156067</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:56:58 -0500</pubDate><category>norman solomon</category></item><item><title>judaism</title><description>this is the first of these books that I am reading to not be addressed to a christian audience. it...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44547004072</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44547004072</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:53:52 -0500</pubDate><category>michael a. fishbane</category></item><item><title>judaism: an introduction to the beliefs and practices of the jews</title><description>this one was a bit more complex and thoughtful than the schoen book, and it&amp;#8217;s written for a...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44546552706</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/44546552706</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:44:45 -0500</pubDate><category>michael maher</category></item><item><title>what I wish my christian friends knew about judaism</title><description>a basic procedural manual for those (especially those who are american christians) who wish to feel...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42718898395</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42718898395</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:55:22 -0500</pubDate><category>robert schoen</category></item><item><title>threats: a novel</title><description>unstable and de-stabilizing. the threats at the center of this book help us remember how fruitless...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42234111804</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42234111804</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:41:28 -0500</pubDate><category>amelia gray</category></item><item><title>kill everything that moves: the real american war in vietnam</title><description>a compelling but horrific account of the systemic brutality of american policy and strategy in the...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42205573685</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42205573685</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:58:57 -0500</pubDate><category>nick turse</category></item><item><title>Men Die</title><description>We find here a story of bureaucratic pressure and practical impossibility, a story that seems...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42204709257</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42204709257</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:48:40 -0500</pubDate><category>H.L. Humes</category></item><item><title>Waiting for Godot</title><description>are they ever. I had never fully appreciated this play as post-apocalyptic and in light of what...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42204458667</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/42204458667</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 13:45:39 -0500</pubDate><category>Samuel Beckett</category></item><item><title>y the last man: motherland</title><description>whoa! morphic resonance! I cannot wait  to find out if that&amp;#8217;s a real thing. it is my favorite...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/38546917616</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/38546917616</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:44:48 -0500</pubDate><category>brian k. vaughan</category><category>pia guerra</category></item><item><title>y the last man: kimono dragons</title><description>the gang&amp;#8217;s in japan! lots of movement during this one, and plenty of surprises. </description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/38546827157</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/38546827157</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:43:18 -0500</pubDate><category>brian k. vaughan</category><category>pia guerra</category></item><item><title>waiting for godot</title><description>I would love to see this play staged today, especially in light of our current societal obsession...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/38546789755</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/38546789755</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:42:41 -0500</pubDate><category>samuel beckett</category></item><item><title>death of a salesman</title><description>it&amp;#8217;s distressing that this play is so insightful and ahead of its time. we are, I imagine,...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/38546604693</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/38546604693</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:39:26 -0500</pubDate><category>arthur miller</category></item><item><title>the city &amp; the city</title><description>the genre &amp;amp; the genre &amp;amp; the genre
the good book &amp;amp; the good book
the imagined &amp;amp; the...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/36116702394</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/36116702394</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:50:14 -0500</pubDate><category>china mièville</category></item><item><title>black flies</title><description>starts out strong, veers into burnout, burns out in burnout, but boy does it blaze. </description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/36116575633</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/36116575633</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:48:23 -0500</pubDate><category>shannon burke</category></item><item><title>the collector of treasures</title><description>
And so the woman Dikeledi began phase three of a life that had been ashen in its loneliness and...</description><link>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/32517559415</link><guid>http://readingconfidential.tumblr.com/post/32517559415</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 09:01:40 -0400</pubDate><category>bessie head</category></item></channel></rss>
