New Jewish Books
After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in...
Offers the provocative argument that Jews had long celebrated Christmas in the “Old World“ This book seeks to answer a perplexing question: Why were Christmas traditions once transmitted in Yiddish, a language exclusive to...
Designer: Genya Vinnikov Hoot Goes to Israel is a beautifully illustrated children’s travel-adventure story that follows Hoot, a curious little owl who secretly stows away in Ryan’s suitcase and joins him on a journey across...
Discover the vast and varied Polish baking tradition, old and new, Jewish and diasporic, in this authoritative collection of 120+ recipes from James Beard Award finalist Laurel Kratochvila. Poland’s distinctive baking culture is a...
The American Jewish philanthropic enterprise is unparalleled in scope, dynamism, and the diversity of funders and the causes they support. Yet even as Jewish giving has been largely successful in responding with alacrity to...
Illustrator: Kirsti Beautyman Lonely in a new town during Hanukkah, Eva finds comfort in her imaginary dragon, Spark. As candles glow and friendships grow, miracles—big and small—bring light to the darkness in this heartwarming...
Ten women.All of them migrants.All of them artists.A singular location: Jerusalem. Anna Ticho is a seasoned Viennese hostess who longs to start painting again, though the desolation of Jerusalem offers little inspiration. Even though...
Translator: Lauren Elkin A quietly powerful exploration of memory and forgetting, from one of France’s leading feminist public intellectuals In 2021, the award‑winning French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight—alone for ten...
Here are the 55 books I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2025. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon; the “on this site”...
Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor by Christine Kuehn A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and...
