New Jewish Books
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
The Lamentations Commentary of Salmon ben Yeruhim The emergence of the Jewish Bible commentary in the tenth century marks a turning point in Jewish intellectual history, namely, the transition from ancient rabbinic culture to...
One of Independent Writers’ Association Best Truly Independent Books of 2021-2022 When a young burial society volunteer encounters the body of a woman she thinks may have been murdered, her search for the woman’s...
