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Hour of Need by Ralph Shayne
The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews during World War II: A Graphic Novel Illustrator: Tatiana Goldberg Hour of Need is a graphic novel telling the true story of the Nazi Resistance in Denmark...
Bessie by Linda Kass
Just days after the close of World War II, Bess Myerson, the daughter of poor Russian Jewish immigrants living in the Bronx, is competing in the Miss America pageant. At stake: a $5,000 scholarship....
Below Zero by Carol V. Davis
In Below Zero, her fourth poetry collection, Carol V. Davis explores Siberia, an area in Russia largely unknown to Americans. Flying into Ulan-Ude, capital of Buryatia Republic, where she had never been, she mutters...
Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter by Rachel Shteir
Jewish Lives A new portrait of Betty Friedan, the author and activist acclaimed as the mother of second-wave feminism The feminist writer and activist Betty Friedan (1921–2006), pathbreaking author of The Feminine Mystique, was...
We Are Not Strangers by Josh Tuininga
Introduction by award-winning author Ken Mochizuki Afterword by Devin Naar, author of Jewish Salonica Inspired by a true story, this graphic novel follows a Jewish immigrant’s efforts to help his Japanese neighbors while they...
Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz
Our new favorite trope: Childhood friends. To enemies. To lovers. In a chemistry-filled debut romance. Daniel Rosenberg and Liyah Cohen-Jackson’s last conversation—fourteen years ago at summer camp—ended their friendship. Until they find themselves seated...
Marry Me By Midnight by Felicia Grossman
London, 1832: Isabelle Lira may be in distress, but she’s no damsel. Since her father’s death, his former partners have sought to oust her from their joint equity business. Her only choice is to...
Zimzum: God and the Origin of the World by Christoph Schulte
Translator: Corey Twitchell Jewish Culture and Contexts The Hebrew word zimzum originally means “contraction,” “withdrawal,” “retreat,” “limitation,” and “concentration.” In Kabbalah, zimzum is a term for God’s self-limitation, done before creating the world to...
The 66 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in August 2023
Here is the list of the 66 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in August 2023. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
