Christine Johnson<p>As <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jmccyoung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jmccyoung</span></a></span> reports, The Jewish Publication Society (distributed by the University of Nebraska Press) is holding their annual <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Hannukah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hannukah</span></a> sale (40% off) through January 3, 2025 (for US and Canadian orders only) with code 6CH24. </p><p>Many great books for those interested in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a>, including books for children. </p><p>For those interested in those things + <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>, I draw your attention to _The Life of Glückel of Hameln_, a memoir written by a Jewish woman who was a wife, mother, merchant, and prominent member in the Jewish community of seventeenth-century Hamburg. In her autobiography, Glueckel intersperses reflections on her family's strategies, difficulties, and relationships with stories of intolerance, betrayal, and love. </p><p><a href="https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/jps/9780827609433/the-life-of-gluckel-of-hameln/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nebraskapress.unl.edu/jps/9780</span><span class="invisible">827609433/the-life-of-gluckel-of-hameln/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>