Maggie Anton & 50 Shades of Talumd - Nov 8, 2017

 
 

FIFTY SHADES OF TALMUD: WHAT THE FIRST RABBIS HAD TO SAY ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHAT BY MAGGIE ANTON. AUTHOR MAGGIE ANTON REVEALS HOW JEWISH TRADITION IS MORE PROGRESSIVE IN MANY RESPECTS, AND MORE BAWDY, THAN ONE MIGHT THINK.

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SEX AND THE TALMUD. THOSE AREN’T TWO THINGS YOU HEAR MENTIONED IN THE SAME BREATH VERY OFTEN.

BUT MAGGIE ANTON IS OUT TO CHANGE THAT WITH HER NEW BOOK, THE SLYLY NAMED “FIFTY SHADES OF TALMUD: WHAT THE FIRST RABBIS HAD TO SAY ABOUT YOU-KNOW-WHAT” (BANOT PRESS).

ANTON WILL DISCUSS THE BOOK — HER FIRST NON-FICTION ENDEAVOR – NOVEMBER 8 AT 5:30 PM AT TEMPLE MOUNT SINAI.

ANTON EARNED HER LITERARY STRIPES AS THE AUTHOR OF THE AWARD-WINNING TRILOGY “RASHI’S DAUGHTERS” (PLUME), A SERIES OF NOVELS IMAGINING THE LIVES OF THE ANCIENT SAGE’S OFFSPRING. SHE WAS A 2012 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FICTION FINALIST FOR “RAV HISDA’S DAUGHTER, BOOK I: APPRENTICE: A NOVEL OF LOVE, THE TALMUD, AND SORCERY” (PLUME).

ANTON, WHO WAS BORN MARGARET ANTONOFSKY IN LOS ANGELES AND STILL RESIDES THERE WITH HER HUSBAND AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN.