Five Books Of Miriam

Weaving together Jewish lore, the voices of Jewish foremothers, Yiddish fable, midrash, and stories of her own imagining, Ellen Frankel has created a breathtakingly vivid exploration of what the Torah means to women.

Here are Miriam, Esther, Dinah, Lilith, and many other women of the Torah in dialogue with Jewish daughters, mothers, and grandmothers—past and present.

Together these voices examine and debate every aspect of a Jewish woman’s life—work, sex, marriage, her connection to God, and her place in the Jewish community and in the world.

The Five Books of Miriam makes an invaluable contribution to Torah study and adds rich dimension to the ongoing conversation between Jewish women and Jewish tradition.