Homebound by Portia Elan
In a dazzling ode to human inventiveness and desire for meaning, four lives are entangled across time by one unfinished story, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s and destined to ripple across...
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A Time to Gather by Bruce Feiler
How Ritual Created the World — and How It Can Save Us One of our great decoders of human connection chronicles the astonishing rise of new rituals around the world—and offers a road map for restoring...
Edmond de Rothschild: Finding Zion by James McAuley
An absorbing portrait of Edmond de Rothschild, who defied his class to help build a nation―and found his identity in the process Edmond de Rothschild (1845–1934) was born into one of the wealthiest families...
Missed You the First Time by Julia B. Carpenter
At 25, Dani Galler just gave up everything—an apartment she loved, a job she liked, and a long-distance boyfriend she wasted years planning to marry. Starting over means figuring out her next career move, finding a...
Dickens in Brooklyn: Essays on Family, Writing, and Madness by Jay Neugeboren
Dickens in Brooklyn is a virtuoso collection of unusual, compelling essays in which critically acclaimed and award-winning author Jay Neugeboren explores experiences that have been central to his life: caring long-term for a brother...
The 39 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February and March 2026
Here are the 39 books I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February and March 2026. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon; the “on...
Soon by You by Dahlia Adler
27 Dresses meets The Intimacy Experiment in this sexy, emotional, opposites-attract rom-com set in New York City’s Modern Orthodox community. Arielle Becker is one hora away from a meltdown. After one too many bridesmaid gigs―complete with Spanx,...
The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb by Emmet Hirsch
In the Lebanese village of Bhamdoun in 1931, Joseph Friedmann is born to a 15-year-old Jewish girl hastily married off to a man thirty years her senior. His parents divorce, and at the age...
Golden Threads by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
Hagar Ophir (Illustrator), Haitham Haddad (Designer) A beautifully illustrated tale of traditional crafts and communal power. Rachelle is a young girl living in Fès, Morocco in 1920. Surrounded by a warm community of friends,...
The Purpose of Life Is a Life of Purpose by Rabbi Abie Ingber
The Purpose of Life Is a Life of Purpose traces the remarkable journey of Rabbi Abie Ingber, a child of Holocaust survivors who embraced his parents’ mandate to pursue peace and reconciliation. Guided by...
