Speaking Yiddish to Chickens by Seth Stern
Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms Most of the roughly 140,000 Holocaust survivors who came to the United States in the first decade after World War II settled in big cities such as...
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Jewish Flavours of Italy: A Family Cookbook by Silvia Nacamulli
“Cooking in itself is a creative and fulfilling activity, and the results of your efforts can satisfy not only your taste buds but also your soul. This is my aim: cooking for the soul.”...
Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner
From Jennifer Rosner, National Jewish Book Award Finalist and author of The Yellow Bird Sings, comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. When...
The Mysticism of Andalusia by Yamin Levy
Exploring HaRambam’s Mystical Tradition Between the years 900 and 1300 C.E. the Jewish communities of Western Asia, North Africa, and Andalusia (Southern Spain) produced some of the most remarkable works in the study of...
Matilda Makes Matzah Balls by Rhonda Cohen
Illustrator: Francesca Galmozzi This year for Passover, Matilda’s grandmother invites her to help make the matzah ball soup! Matilda has always loved watching Bubbe make the soup. Now she wants to try out some...
Aftermath: Coming of Age on Three Continents by Annette Libeskind Berkovits
“I spent the first three years of my life unaware of the disaster that had befallen my family.” Annette Libeskind Berkovits writes: “I was shaped by the aftermath of the Holocaust…I adapted…grew a protective...
England’s Jews by John Tolan
Finance, Violence, and the Crown in the Thirteenth Century The Middle Ages Series In 1290, Jews were expelled from England and subsequently largely expunged from English historical memory. Yet for two centuries they occupied...
Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust by Ari Joskowicz
A major new history of the genocide of Roma and Jews during World War II and their entangled quest for historical justice Jews and Roma died side by side in the Holocaust, yet the...
Afikomen by Tziporah Cohen MFA
Illustrator: Yaara Eshet In this wordless time-travel adventure, three children at a Passover seder visit ancient Egypt to help baby Moses find his way safely to Pharaoh’s daughter. When a family settles at the...
Künstlers in Paradise by Cathleen Schine
There was a time when the family Künstler lived in the fairy-tale city of Vienna. Circumstances transformed that fairy tale into a nightmare, and in 1939 the Künstlers found their way out of Vienna...
