πŸ“š 5 Books mentioned in "Best Of: Sabbath and the Art of Rest" of The Ezra Klein Show

The Ezra Klein Show

Podcast: The Ezra Klein Show

Episode: Best Of: Sabbath and the Art of Rest

Published on December 27, 2024

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Adam Bede

by George Eliot

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her first novel was called Adam beid and it's from 1859 and it's an incredible novel with a what we would Now call a feminist plot but it's also set in an English Village in the turn of the 19th century

Judith Shulevitz recommends George Eliot's first novel, Adam Bede.

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Hessel

by Hessel Family

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well I was going to recommend Hessel but I am going to skip that because we've talked about it a lot

Judith Shulevitz mentions Hessel's book as one she would recommend.

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Middlemarch

by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

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and her most famous novel you've probably heard of it is middl March

Judith Shulevitz mentions George Eliot's most famous novel, Middlemarch.

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The Sabbath

by Abraham Joshua Heschel

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When I was in college uh a rabbi I knew he gave me Abraham Joshua hessel's book the Sabbath

Ezra Klein mentions being given this book by a rabbi when he was in college.

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The Sabbath World

by Judith Shulevitz

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in her beautiful book the Sabbath World Judith schvitz looks very squarely at that question

Ezra Klein introduces the guest, Judith Shulevitz, and her book.

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