New Jewish Books
The little-known story of Leonard Cohen’s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographs In October 1973, the poet...
Three friends. One memory.Vienna. 1936. Three young friends—Leo, Elsa, and Max—spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped...
These are a selection of my well-tested everyday recipes—nothing too fancy, but certainly family and friends’ favorites—some handed down for generations, and others more recently contributed to add to the flavor. I hope that...
One old copy of the novel Rebellion sits in Lena Knecht’s tote bag, about to accompany her on a journey from New York to Berlin in search of a clue to the hand-drawn map...
Here is the list of the 40 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in April 2022. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Jews in Eastern Europe The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature argues that the institution of the yeshiva and its ideals of Jewish textual study played a seminal role in the resurgence...
The Medieval Postcolonial Jew, In and Out of Time studies violent temporal clashes that are written into the medieval vision of annus domini [the year of our Lord]. Christian temporality represents Jewish time as...
Identities, Otherness, and Belonging Presentations of offerings to the emperor-king on anniversaries of his accession became an important imperial ritual in the court of Franz Joseph I. This book explores for the first time...
Introduction: Francine Prose A funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine Prose Johanna Kaplan’s beautifully written stories first burst on the literary scene...
A group of mostly Jewish German-speaking writers, the Prague Circle included some of the most significant figures in modern Western literature. Its core members, Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Franz Werfel, Paul Kornfeld, and Egon...
Stop. Look. Listen. The three stages of a full day of uninterrupted practice, tied to the natural cycle of the sun’s setting, rising, and setting again. This stunning and inspiring work reintroduces Shabbos to...
