Remember Who You Used to Be by Peter Thornthwaite
A woman’s diaries from age 16, before her last minute escape from Hitler’s Germany, until she died in Oxford, England aged 50 – and the letters her big brother sent over those years from...
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Yossi and Nussi and the Rainy Day Dare by Rachel Farkas
Learning Responsibility through Pirkei Avos Illustrator: Yocheved Nadell Mommy told us she knows we can do it, We can decide ― if we put our hearts to it! It’s raining outside. Can the Stein...
Kantika by Elizabeth Graver
A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home. A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika―“song” in...
Under One Tent: Circus, Judaism, and Bible by Ora Horn Prouser, Michael Kasper, Ayal Prouser (Editors)
The study of Jewish text, over two millennia, has traditionally taken place in the Bet Midrash (the communal study hall), sitting at a table or desk. Studying the Bible has been a project of...
The 76 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in March 2023
Here is the list of the 76 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in March 2023. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Wisdom Grows in My Garden by Paul Plotkin
Who knew a garden could be so smart? Rabbi Plotkin is approaching middle age. His children are self-sufficient teens, and his large congregation is running efficiently and effectively. He should be happy and satisfied...
Totally Kosher by Chanie Apfelbaum
Tradition with a Twist! 150+ Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day: A Cookbook More than 150 fun, flavorful, and modern kosher recipes inspired by dishes from around the world—featuring quick-and-easy weekday meals, traditional...
Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory by Janet Malcolm
For decades, Janet Malcolm’s books and dispatches for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books poked and prodded at reportorial and biographical convention, gesturing toward the artifice that underpins both public...
Levinson of Harvard by L.M. Vincent
At the turn of the 20th century, a young Jewish immigrant living in the North End of Boston yearns to be a College Man, no matter the cost. Five decades later his grandson embarks...
Between Paradise & Earth: Eve Poems by Nomi Stone and Luke Hankins (editors)
The recent and contemporary poems about the biblical figure Eve gathered in this anthology refuse given narratives. Here, poets of diverse backgrounds and traditions conjure a heterogeneous concert of Eves to reckon with desire,...
