Send for Me: A Novel by Lauren Fox
An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present-day Wisconsin, unspooling a thread of love, longing, and the powerful bonds of family. Annelise...
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Spinoza and the Philosophy of Love by Michael Strawser
In Spinoza and the Philosophy of Love, Michael Strawser provides a new reading of Spinoza as a philosopher of love, and one who centers his thought on an ethically qualified conception of noble love. Strawser...
A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period, Volume 4: The Jews under the Roman Shadow (4 BCE–150 CE) by Lester L. Grabbe
This is the fourth and fi nal volume of Lester L. Grabbe’s four-volume history of the Second Temple period, collecting all that is known about the Jews during the period in which they were...
More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman
Translator: Jessica Cohen More Than I Love My Life is the story of three strong women: Vera, age ninety; her daughter, Nina; and her granddaughter, Gili, who at thirty-nine is a filmmaker and a...
Animals and the Law in Antiquity by Saul M. Olyan, Jordan D. Rosenblum
This volume brings together original studies by scholars on a variety of topics at the intersection of animals and the law in antiquity. These studies allow us to begin to develop a comparative perspective...
Designing Transformation: Jews and Cultural Identity in Central European Modernism by Elana Shapira (Editor)
Jewish designers and architects played a key role in shaping the interwar architecture of Central Europe, and in the respective countries where they settled following the Nazi’s rise to power. This book explores how...
The Tree of Life and Prosperity: 21st Century Business Principles from the Book of Genesis by Michael A. Eisenberg
One of Israel’s most successful venture capitalists uses the words and actions of the Hebrew patriarchs to lay the foundations for a modern growth economy based on timeless business principles and values. Entrepreneurs, businessmen,...
Replenishing the Sea of Galilee: A Family Saga across Ethnicity, Place, and Religion by Wagih Abu-Rish
The story begins in 1940s Palestine where twins Rasheed and Rasheeda Dinar work in the family’s inn. When Rasheed falls in love with Natalia, a Jewish woman, he applies what he learned from the...
Iris Apfel by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Illustrator: Kristen Barnhart Little People, BIG DREAMS In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Iris Apfel, the vivacious (and accidental) fashion icon. Growing...
The Intriguing World of Jewish Time by Rabbi Dovid Heber
Fascinating Zmanim and Calendar Calculations Which Shemoneh Esrei was last recited in the year 1994, and won’t be recited again until 2089? Why is it that some people’s nineteenth Hebrew birthday does not fall...
