Reviews for And All Your Children Shall Be Learned

The average rating for And All Your Children Shall Be Learned based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-05-10 00:00:00 Nikolas Porter I read this book almost fifteen years ago as part of my research for Rashi's Daughters: Joheved. There's an entire section titled "Women and the House of Rashi." The author has done a great job of documenting the long history of Jewish women and Torah study. The thousands of footnotes, a 16-page bibliography, and an extensive index make this the go-to reference for those interested in the subject. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, although it is definitely a dense read. Maggie Anton

Review # 2 was written on 2008-01-18 00:00:00 Mariana Nada Interesting but laborious, as though every detail in any given room felt worth noting whether it was worth reading about or not. The author's journey through different shuls and study groups was certainly a spiritual odyssey for him, but for the reader, it was just a recollection of what people wore in this room v. that one. It is implicit that Torah and Talmud are vital parts of a Jewish life, but a reader who is not also steeped in written and oral Jewish tradition might believe that the men encountered in the book only depend on "lernen" because they have nothing else to do. There is no explication of what precisely these resources add to a life beyond Tevye's "tradition." Where is the lost or wretched man whose life is set aright by Mishna and Gemara? Where are the problems in the author's life that seem intractable until he acquires the wisdom of our fathers to forge a just solution? Instead we get what sort of furniture or chandelier or book binding he encounters in each house of worship he visits.