Rebecca Reznik Reboots the Universe by Samara Shanker
Golems and Goblins Rebecca copes with family turmoil, a home invaded by demons, and what it means to grow up in this gripping sequel to Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World that’s perfect for fans...
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Jewish Sunday Schools by Laura Yares
Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America Charts how changes to Jewish education in the nineteenth century served as a site for the wholescale reimagining of Judaism itself The earliest Jewish Sunday schools were female-led, growing...
Hidden Light: Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema by Dan Chyutin
Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series Over the past several decades, the prevailing attitude toward Judaism in Israeli society has undergone a meaningful shift; where the national ethos had once deemed Judaic traditions...
Tatae’s Promise by Sherry Maysonave, Moises J. Goldman
Based on the true story of a young woman’s escape from Auschwitz Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside...
Counting on Naamah: A Mathematical Tale on Noah’s Ark by Erica Lyons
Illustrator: Mary Uhles Rosie Revere Engineer meets Noah’s Ark! What if Naamah, Noah’s wife, was actually a math and engineering whiz? Enjoy this fun, zany, and girl-powered take on the traditional Noah’s Ark story.
The Lost Spy and the Green Dress by Alex Paz-Goldman
For twelve year-old Motti, growing up in Israel in the 1960s, the world is full of mysteries to be solved, while his town is full of spies to be caught. His parents are Holocaust...
Unsettling Jewish Knowledge by Anne C. Dailey, Martin Kavka, Lital Levy (Editors)
Text, Contingency, Desire Jewish Culture and Contexts Spanning the fields of literature, history, philosophy, and theology, Unsettling Jewish Knowledge adopts a fresh approach to the study of Jewish thought and culture. By creatively foregrounding...
After the Roundup: Escape and Survival in Hitler’s France by Joseph Weismann
Translator: Richard Kutner On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up 11-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. They were held for five days at the Vélodrome...
The Bund: A Graphic History of Jewish Labour Resistance by Sharon Rudahl
Foreword: David RosenbergEditor: Paul BuhleIllustrator: Michael Kluckner Told in an engaging graphic novel format, The Bund explains the oppressive origins of Jewish resistance in Ukraine, Poland, and the “Pale of Settlement” in Tsarist Russia....
Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack
Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness—even facing the Angel of Death himself. From Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack. Pesah has...
