{"product_id":"woven-roots-recovering-the-healing-plant-traditions-of-jews-and-their-neighbors-in-eastern-europe-paperback","title":"Woven Roots: Recovering the Healing Plant Traditions of Jews and Their Neighbors in Eastern Europe - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeatra Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdam Siegel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive guide to the medicinal plants and folk healers of Eastern Europe's Pale of Settlement--mapping ancestral folkways, herbal traditions, and shared legacies of Ashkenazi Jews and their neighbors \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Includes a \u003ci\u003emateria medica\u003c\/i\u003e of healing plants and their traditional applications \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA companion guide to \u003ci\u003eAshkenazi Herbalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoven Roots\u003c\/i\u003e explores the rich history of plant-based medicine and folk healing traditions of Eastern Europe from 1600 through the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthors Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel map the interwoven histories of the peoples of the Pale of Settlement, revealing untold stories of cooperation, shared knowledge, and mutual aid. The book shares how the people in this region--so often associated with conflict--often thrived in deep and reciprocal relationships with the land and each other. Tending and relying on the natural world, caring for their communities, and transmitting medicinal legacies from generation to generation, the healers of the Pale served as profound points of connection, interdependence, and life-sustaining knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors offer illuminating--and surprising--original research on: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe pivotal but historically overlooked contributions of women folk healers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep, ancestrally rooted traditions of care for land and nature among Ashkenazi Jews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe rich cultural exchanges among Jews, Muslims, and Christians that allowed life in the Pale to flourish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewly discovered recipes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnduring legacies of mutual aid and community interdependence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow long-lost links between Eastern and Western folk knowledge can shed new light on your heritage and ancestral connections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditional magical practices of the Ashkenazim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book includes an illustrated \u003ci\u003emateria medica\u003c\/i\u003e with plant names in Yiddish, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and more. Informed by years of field and academic research, \u003ci\u003eWoven Roots\u003c\/i\u003e recovers the legacies of Jewish healers beyond myth, offering insights into the healing wisdom and interethnic cultural exchanges among marginalized groups in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDEATRA COHEN, co-author of \u003ci\u003eAshkenazi Herbalism\u003c\/i\u003e, is a former reference librarian, trained as a clinical herbalist at the Berkeley Herbal Center, co-founded a Western Clinical Herbal collective, and is currently part of a community herbal project. In her research, Cohen is dedicated to recovering the lost or forgotten shared plant healing cultures of Jews and their neighbors in the historic Pale of Settlement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eADAM SIEGEL, co-author of \u003ci\u003eAshkenazi Herbalism\u003c\/i\u003e, is a former research librarian, trained linguist, and award-winning translator. In his research, Siegel explores the symbiosis of plants and peoples in both the Old World and the New.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978286760237,"sku":"9781623179625","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/fORYAreRpM9781623179625.webp?v=1775801462","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/woven-roots-recovering-the-healing-plant-traditions-of-jews-and-their-neighbors-in-eastern-europe-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}