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Author at the J

February 13 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MST

Author at the J
Featuring Maggie Anton

Thursday, Feb. 13 | 1 p.m.

 

Maggie Anton, author of the award-winning trilogy ‘Rashi’s Daughters,’ speaks about her new book ‘The Midwives’ Escape: Egypt to Jericho’ which is scheduled to be released in March 2025.

After years of archaeological research and biblical studies, Anton has created a historical novel filled with adventure, warfare and romance, that is true to both Torah and to history. 

“The Midwives’ Escape: Egypt to Jericho” brings to life the biblical journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land through vivid descriptions of what daily life was like at this time, epic battlefield scenes and a colorful cast of characters. 

Her books will be available for sale and signing after her talk. 

The program is free, registration is required. 

 

Maggie Anton is an award-winning author of historical fiction, as well as a Talmud scholar with expertise in Jewish women’s history. She was born Margaret Antonofsky in Los Angeles, California, where she still resides. In 1992 she joined a women’s Talmud class taught by Rachel Adler. There, to her surprise, she fell in love with Talmud, a passion that has continued unabated for over 30 years. Intrigued that the great Jewish scholar Rashi had no sons, only daughters, she started researching the family and their community.

Thus the award-winning trilogy Rashi’s Daughters was born in 2004, to be followed by National Jewish Book Award finalist, Rav Hisda’s Daughter: Apprentice and its sequel, Enchantress. Then she switched to nonfiction in 2016, winning the Gold Ben Franklin Award in the religion category for Fifty Shades of Talmud: What the First Rabbis Had to Say about You-Know What, a lighthearted in-depth tour of sexuality within the Talmud. In 2022, she returned to fiction with the Independent Publishers’ Silver Award-winning The Choice: A Novel of Love, Faith, and the Talmud, a wholly transformative novel that takes characters inspired by Chaim Potok and ages them into young adults in 1950s Brooklyn. Her latest historical novel is The Midwives’ Escape: from Egypt to Jericho, which describes the Exodus from the point of view of an Egyptian mother and daughter who join the Hebrews to follow Moses to the Promised Land.

Since 2005, Anton has lectured about the research behind her books at hundreds of venues throughout North America, Europe, and Israel. She still studies women and Talmud, albeit mostly online at https://www.conservativeyeshiva.org/learn/. You can follow her blog and contact her at her website, maggieanton.com. You can also find her on Facebook and Goodreads. Maggie has been married to David Parkhurst, her books’ illustrator, since 1970. They have two children, six grandchildren and one cat.

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February 13
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MST
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EVJCC