Simon Son of Star by Ronen Tregerman
When one man raises his sword against the world’s biggest empire in a quest against all odds to free his people, a battle that will be written on the pages of history rages on....
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Aunt Sadie’s Letters of Hope & Healing by Shari Lyn Anderson
In 1941, Sadie Kleinberg’s ten-year-old niece, Rhoda was quarantined in the children’s polio ward at St. Giles Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Rhoda was immobilized and bedridden. Visiting hours were restricted to two days a...
Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen by Leah Koenig
A captivating tour through Rome’s centuries-old Jewish community with more than 100 simple, deeply flavorful, vegetable-forward recipes. “Naming the book Portico is my way of saying, ‘Welcome. I’m glad you are here.’” A leading...
The Vegan by Andrew Lipstein
In The Vegan, Andrew Lipstein challenges our notions of virtue with a brilliant tale of guilt, greed, and how far we’ll go to be good. Herschel Caine is a soon-to-be master of the universe....
Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin
A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe From three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor author Steve Sheinkin, a true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the...
Kugels and Collards by Rachel Gordin Barnett, Lyssa Kligman Harvey
Stories of Food, Family, and Tradition in Jewish South Carolina Foreword: Marcie Cohen Ferris A poignant―and delicious―compendium of South Carolina Jewish life revealed through food and story Where people go, so goes their food....
The Giving Table by Naomi Ross
Welcome to a delicious celebration of our most inspired cooking…the food we share! Food writer and veteran culinary educator Naomi Ross teaches us how to master the basics of home cooking. Savor morsels of...
Time’s Echo by Jeremy Eichler
The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance A stirring account of how music bears witness to history and carries forward the memory of the wartime past In 1785, when the...
Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer
Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don’t fall in love… Avital Cohen isn’t wearing underpants—woefully, for unsexy reasons. Chronic pelvic pain has forced her to sideline her photography dreams and her love...
Nothing Could Stop Her by Rona Arato
The Courageous Life of Ruth Gruber Illustrator: Isabel Muñoz Ruth Gruber didn’t want to live an ordinary life, and she wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. Born to a Jewish American family in 1911,...
