New Jewish Books
Holocaust Survivor True Stories Lilo and Ernst survived the horrors of WWII in the center of Berlin, but not without help. An incredible tale of survival and kindness. Lilo was just a teenager when...
Five Hundred Years of Religion in America A kaleidoscopic American history of extraordinary religious transformations, told through the ordinary people who made them happen Ever since conquistadores claimed Taino land in the name of...
A groundbreaking history of how modern American citizenship has worked—and not worked—for Jews in the United States The history of Jews in the United States is often told as if they immigrated, gained citizenship,...
Once in a generation, a woman emerges whom history can’t forget Vienna, 1941Monika Graf, the wife of a wealthy Austrian military commander, steals two Jewish girls from the Nazis—a crime often punishable by death....
Illustrated by Alette Straathof The work of Creation is finished. Now is the time for the trees to select a ruler. The oak brings strength. The pine brings presence. The maple brings magnificent color....
How is it that the prolific nineteenth-century sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel is largely forgotten today? Ezekiel was the first renowned Jewish American artist and one of the most popular artist-celebrities of his day. In...
What was it like to grow up in the house where history was being made? As Attorney General of Israel, Gideon Hausner led the prosecution of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi architect and executor of...
Searching for some well-traveled humor? Look no further than this innovative collection, which investigates Jewish humor in television, film, comedy performance, and literature spanning Canada, the US, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and...
From an acclaimed historian, the definitive story of the Venetian Ghetto and the emergence of modern antisemitism.In the early sixteenth century, amidst the ruins of war and mounting religious hatred, the world’s first Jewish...
A History: Postwar Life, Hopes, and Fears, 1945–1953, Volume 4 Offers a compelling account of how Soviet Jews rebuilt their lives amid postwar devastation, rising hostility, discrimination and the repressive final years of Stalin’s...
