New Jewish Books
The book at Amazon Part memoir, part commentary, Life on the Fringes charts a startling Jewish feminist journey both solitary and engaging. Haviva Ner-David draws us into the many facets of her life’s story:...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The tale of Four Mothers captivates readers with fantastic characters, magical events, foreign colors and scents while telling the story of a dynasty of women cursed to...
The book at Amazon In discoursing on music, three early modern Jewish scholars stand out for their originality. The first is Judah Moscato, who, as chief rabbi in Mantua, preached sermons, one of them...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle From Jewniverse Growing up in Tel Aviv, Morani Kornberg-Weiss only encountered the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, Palestine’s national poet, by chance. As a “voice from the other...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The dust jacket of the upcoming American edition of Village of Secrets, a new book by British author Caroline Moorehead—recently short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the...
The book at Amazon The Gelt Giving Golem tells the tale of the Hanukkah Golem, a friendly character who was formed from clay by Rabbi Ben Bezalel on the 25th of Kislev, the first...
The book at Amazon It’s a cookbook. It’s a compendium of uniquely-shaped, colorful challahs. It’s a family-friendly guide to Torah. It’s fun for all ages! The challahs in this book come to life. Some...
A Forgotten Satire of Yiddishe Mamas and Soviet Fools Stories of a bustling courtyard populated by hapless sages and wise young fools fill Moyshe Kulbak’s classic satirical novel of Soviet Minsk. It’s a compelling,...
The June Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod at Write Kids’ Books! At http://blog.writekidsbooks.org/2014/06/carnival-of-jewish-books.html. You’ll find links to Jewish book...
Dr. Zhivago’s CIA Connection and the Pope ‘The Zhivago Affair’ is a detailed reconstruction of one of the most fascinating of the Cold War’s cultural skirmishes Whether Doctor Zhivago contributed in any measurable way...
