New Jewish Books
Why did exactly those people that Jesus appealed to, his contemporary Jews, not accept Jesus? Why have the Jews not accepted Jesus later? Translated by Mira S. Beerbaum Why did exactly those people that...
Illustrator: Mariia Kolker When Hannah’s extended family isn’t able to join her for their traditional Passover seder, she invites her diverse group of friends to experience the holiday with her. From Ha-joon’s Korean kimchi,...
JEWels is the first of its kind: the living tradition of Jewish stories and jokes transformed into poems, recording and reflecting Jewish experience from ancient times through the present day. In this novel hybrid—jokes...
A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe In this exuberant real-life adventure, the publisher of DC Comics comes to the rescue of a family trying to flee Nazi Berlin, their lives...
Translator: Bryan Karetnyk Once considered the ‘Russian Proust’, Yuri Felsen tells the story of an obsessive love affair set in interwar Europe in Deceit, an experimental novel in the form of a diary that...
Eight Stories of the Modern State of Israel This is the story of how Zionism, supported by Americanism, created a modern miracle—told through the little-known stories of eight individuals who collectively changed history. And...
From the book’s crowdsourcing page: After the success of my first book, B is for Bagel, I decided to write D is for Donut. From Apple Fritter to Zeppole, kids are sure to learn...
An incisive, deeply resonant debut novel about a nonconsensual sexual encounter that propels one woman’s final semester at an elite New England college into controversy and chaos―and into an ill-advised affair with a married...
As a minority, Jews in Britain are confident, their institutions competent and mature. And yet within Jewish life in Britain there is a pervading sense of anxiety. Jews in Britain have risen to the...
A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music Holocaust Heritage A sweeping history of three generations darkened by the long shadow of the Holocaust, The Cello Still Sings is...
