New Jewish Books
Were Moses and the Pharoah Akhenaten One and the Same?Modern historians and scholars, beginning with Sigmund Freud, have debated the controversial theory that Pharaoh Akhenaten, vilified and deposed for establishing monotheism in Egypt, was...
Here is the list of the 45 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February 2023. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Miri is having trouble focusing during her family’s Passover seder. Her parents would like her to sit quietly and listen, but she just CAN’T. So Miri slips under the table where her spirited imagination...
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Oprah Daily, Vulture, Today.com, Elle, and Lit Hub. From “one of the finest and bravest novelists at work today,” (Vulture) award-winning writer Idra Novey has conjured...
So Lawrence Weschler was minding his own business, as all his stories begin, when he got a call from Gravity Goldberg. Gravity (her real name!) introduced herself as the Director of Public Programs and...
This book provides an analysis of the forms and functions of Holocaust memorialisation in human rights museums by asking about the impact of global memory politics on how we imagine the present and the...
Illustrator: Alette Straathof Story of MVP and Hall-of-Famer “Hammerin” Hank Greenberg, one of the greatest hitters of all time In 1934 young Hank Greenberg had his dream job–playing first base for the Detroit Tigers....
An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world’s foremost bibliophiles Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138–1204), was born in...
The fifth volume of the Posen Library demonstrates through a rich array of texts and images the extraordinary diversity of Jewish life during the early modern period “A rich and varied gateway into the...
The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark’s Jews Escape the Nazis The inspirational true story of how twenty-two-year-old Henny Sinding courageously helped smuggle hundreds of Jewish families in occupied Denmark to safety...
