Holocaust Remembrance Day sale
Save 30% on a selection of books in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 28. Visit our Holocaust Remembrance Day sale page for more information. To receive your discount, enter the code 6HRD4...
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Bernard Malamud Tribute
Bernard Malamud would have turned 100 on April 26. On May 1, The Center for Fiction is celebrating his life and work with a panel discussion featuring the Malamud family as well as prominent...
Otherwise Fables by Oscar Mandel
Otherwise Fables is the first complete collection of Oscar Mandel’s fiction, including the Gobble-Up Stories and the novellas The History of Sigismund, Prince of Poland, and Chi Po and the Sorcerer. As witty as...
A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen
Why is it that Leonard Cohen receives the sort of reverence we reserve for a precious few living artists? Why are his songs, three or four decades after their original release, suddenly gracing the...
Painting Your Fingernails With Plagues
When recounting the story of the ten plagues at the seder table, you may have found that dipping a pinkie finger in wine is just not realistic enough. Wine is kind of reminiscent of...
A Semite: A Memoir of Algeria by Denis Guénoun
In this vivid memoir, Denis Guénoun excavates his family’s past and progressively fills out a portrait of an imposing, enigmatic father. René Guénoun was a teacher and a pioneer, and his secret support for...
JDate Haggadah
The All-New, Interactive JDate Haggadah Features: A JDate giveaway! Be sure to tap each image throughout the Haggadah to find the “hidden afikomen” — a free 30-day credit on JDate* A fully functional Seder...
Walking Through the Land of the Bible: Historical 3D Adventure
The Land of the Bible, cradle of Judaism and Christianity, is a world of wonders. Here Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his first born son Isaac, returning from decades of exile in...
Chanah’s Voice: A rabbi wrestles with gender, commandment, and the women’s rituals of baking, bathing, and brightening
In her first book, Life on the Fringes, Haviva Ner-David described her quest to become an Orthodox rabbi, to serve God the same way men traditionally did. Now, Rabbi Ner-David tunes in to an...
The Old Story by Mendele Moykher
A translation of Mendele’s satiric story: every age has wise men of modest means and arrogant rich men; cream does not always rise to the top. The Old Story by Mendele Moykher
