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Authors on the Web
Taranaki Daily News, April 17, 2013
...extramarital affairs, it's all there in the Old Testament. Which is why I was super-excited to read Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, a retelling of the story of Dinah, who appears as a minor character in the Old Testament and was the daughter of Jacob,...
Noodls, April 5, 2013
...Neale Donald Walsch, author of the 'Conversations with God' series; Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, author of Kosher Sex' and Anita Diamant, author of 'The Red Tent', arguably the world most popular historical novel on women in the Bible. Lisa has also...
Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2013
...but we still set a lovely tea table after each discussion. Our recent titles "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant, "After Long Silence" by Helen Fremont, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, "The Curious...
TwinCities.com, December 31, 2012
...Still Alice,' by Lisa Genova; 'The Secret Life of Bees,' by Sue Monk Kidd; 'The Red Tent,' by Anita Diamant; and recently read fave 'The Snow Child,' by Eowyn Ivey. "Gotta go. 'The Lotus Eaters,' by Tatjana Soli, is calling. So many books! And I am...
Make It Better, December 18, 2012
...to them. Here are some of the “must read” books I haven’t read yet. What are yours? Anita Diamant Picador, $15 Perfect for anyone who loves historical fiction—it’s a look into the lives of women in biblical times, as told by Dinah,...
Wicked Local Newton, December 5, 2012
...Anita Diamant will step down as president of the board of Mayyim Hayyim, the innovative community mikveh and education center she helped found 11 years ago, and current Board member Jennifer...
Boston Globe, December 4, 2012
...By Laura E. Franzini, Globe Correspondent Anita Diamant will step down as president of the Board of Mayyim Hayyim, the community mikveh and education center she helped found 11 years ago. Current Board member Jennifer Slifka Vidal...
Superior Telegram, January 11, 2013
...Lives of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd and March 4 to discuss “The Red Tent: A Novel” by Anita Diamant. Many classes are free, others are available at the low cost of $3 or $5 per class. Everyone is welcome to participate. For information, call...
TwinCities.com, December 31, 2012
...Still Alice,' by Lisa Genova; 'The Secret Life of Bees,' by Sue Monk Kidd; 'The Red Tent,' by Anita Diamant; and recently read fave 'The Snow Child,' by Eowyn Ivey. "Gotta go. 'The Lotus Eaters,' by Tatjana Soli, is calling. So many books! And I am...
Richmond Magazine, December 27, 2012
...result, a lot of this discussion is kept very quiet.” (Taken from the novel The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, based on characters in the biblical book of Genesis, the term refers to a place where menstruating women gathered.) The embarrassment...
Make It Better, December 18, 2012
...to them. Here are some of the “must read” books I haven’t read yet. What are yours? Anita Diamant Picador, $15 Perfect for anyone who loves historical fiction—it’s a look into the lives of women in biblical times, as told by Dinah,...
Huffington Post, December 5, 2012
...had been sacrificed, that she perished with a cry of anguish (see Genesis Rabbah). More contemporary voices, like Anita Diamant in "The Red Tent," have pointed out that the Torah is a document written (or written down) by men for men. Of course the text...
Wicked Local Newton, December 5, 2012
...Anita Diamant will step down as president of the board of Mayyim Hayyim, the innovative community mikveh and education center she helped found 11 years ago, and current Board member Jennifer...
Boston Globe, December 4, 2012
...By Laura E. Franzini, Globe Correspondent Anita Diamant will step down as president of the Board of Mayyim Hayyim, the community mikveh and education center she helped found 11 years ago. Current Board member Jennifer Slifka Vidal...






