{"podcast":{"title":"edJEWcation","slug":"edjewcation-6822090","podcast_index_feed_id":6822090,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f27d64e4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edjewcation","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/40583041/40583041-1762458599356-9437a6f6b1af9.jpg","author":"edJEWcation","episode_count":114,"summary":"Your weekly dose of Jewish wit and wisdom. Each week Rabbi Abba Perelmuter, Chayaleah Sufrin, and Jay Covitz explore Jewish history, culture, and writings. Whether you're a relapsed Jew or an old pro there is something for us all to learn.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T22:19:21.667788+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/edjewcation-6822090"},"episode":{"title":"A Jewish Bookshelf","slug":"a-jewish-bookshelf","published_at":"2026-05-14T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/edjewcation-6822090/a-jewish-bookshelf","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/edjewcation-6822090","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/edjewcation/episodes/A-Jewish-Bookshelf-e3jb78b","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f27d64e4/podcast/play/119954123/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-13%2F424105989-44100-2-d4f98380386ca.mp3","summary":"The rabbi’s out this week, so we’re are doing what any self-respecting book nerds would do: geeking out about reading. In this episode, we get into: Jay breaks down his “30 pages a day” habit (spoiler: it adds up to 10,000 pages a year) ChayaLeah confesses her Shakespeare regrets Jay’s system for building a daily reading habit (and why you should keep three books going at once) The “Chan-book-ah” book haul: Arab nationalism, Elie Wiesel, Holocaust memoirs, and Jewish prayer ChayaLeah’s pitch for Cultural Amnesia by Clive James and why Remains of the Day is still on her mind Why understanding Jewish prayer word by word is a total game changer Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, a book they both call the best they’ve ever read Hopefully you’ll get some ideas for your next book from this episode. Quote of the episode: \"I realized I was never going to be the smartest person in a room, but I could be the most well read.\" — Jay All the books we mention: Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century by Adeed Dawisha God in Search of Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel Souls on Fire by Elie Wiesel Sages and Dreamers by Elie Wiesel Night by Elie Wiesel The Last Consolation Vanished by Zalmen Gradowski Hostage by Eli Sharabi On Killing by Dave Grossman Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha’am and the Origins of Zionism by Steven Zipperstein As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg Anonymous Soldiers by Bruce Hoffman To Pray as a Jew by Hayim Halevy Donin The Hour of Our Death by Philippe Ariès Arrows of the Dark (two volumes) by Tuvia Friling Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman The Road by Vasily Grossman Cultural Amnesia by Clive James Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris My Prayer (two volumes, Chabad teachings on prayer) — could not confirm Amazon listing, may need manual…","meta_description":"The rabbi’s out this week, so we’re are doing what any self-respecting book nerds would do: geeking out about reading. In this episode, we get into: Jay b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3521,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/edjewcation-6822090/episodes/a-jewish-bookshelf/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/edjewcation-6822090/a-jewish-bookshelf.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}