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...
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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...
An Idea Betrayed by Juliana Geran Pilon
Jews, Liberalism, and the American Left In calling America “the almost chosen nation,” Abraham Lincoln invoked at once the Old Testament and the Founders’ belief in the two covenantal communities’ common ideal: equal liberty....
Hidden Hope by Elisa Boxer
How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust Illustrator: Amy June Bates The remarkable true story of how a toy duck smuggled forged identity papers for Jewish refugees during WWIIDuring World...
BernBaum’s by Andrea Baumgardner
Recipes from Fargo’s Scandinavian-Jewish Deli Photographer: Sarah Strong From BernBaum’s, the beloved downtown Fargo bagel shop and restaurant, comes a gorgeous, down-to-earth cookbook filled with rustic, hearty, Jewish-Scandinavian recipes and culinary insight that’s sure...
Mel Brooks: Disobedient Jew by Jeremy Dauber
A spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great comic...
The Jewish Middle Ages by Carol Bakhos, Gerhard Langer
Bible and Women For many, the Middle Ages in general evokes a sense of the sinister and brings to mind a world of fear, superstition, and religious fanaticism. For Jews it was a period...
A Brief and Visual History of Antisemitism by Israel B. Bitton
The world is in crisis: antisemitism, the “longest hatred,” is rearing its ugliest heads, again. Although much has been written about the subject, very little has been done to educate the public specifically about...
Super Agent Gizmo #5: Operation Blaze Away by A. Dweck
Illustrator: Studio Segalovitz Gizmo and Morty team up against an all-new sinister enemy bent on stealing Gizmo’s most prized possession.Can Gizmo, with the help of Zeidy, uncover and stop the General’s evil plan?Will the...
