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The Cello Still Sings by Janet Horvath

The Cello Still Sings by Janet Horvath

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...

A Gefilte Fishy Tale by Allison Marks

A Gefilte Fishy Tale by Allison Marks

Illustrator: Renée Andriani Funny rhymes and charming illustrations bring a family’s pre-Shabbos predicament to life! It’s Friday morning and, as usual, Bubbe Judy has brought home a giant jar of gefilte fish-her grandson Jack’s...

The Absent Moon by Luiz Schwarcz

The Absent Moon by Luiz Schwarcz

A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression Translator: Eric M. B. Becker A literary sensation in Brazil, Luiz Schwarcz’s brave and tender memoir interrogates his ordeal of bipolar disorder in the...

Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros

Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros

This exciting and adventurous start to a middle-grade trilogy follows a queer boy and his family as they try to halt the chaotic effects of a mysterious ring, drawing upon Jewish mythology to navigate...

Zel­da Pop­kin by Jere­my D. Popkin

Zel­da Pop­kin by Jere­my D. Popkin

The Life and Times of an Amer­i­can Jew­ish Woman Writer Zelda Popkin’s adventurous life could have made her the protagonist of one of her own novels. In his brilliant telling of the story of...

The Bones of the World by Betsy L Ross

The Bones of the World by Betsy L Ross

Suffering guards its mysteries, but when an upswell of antisemitism forces Rachel into hiding from the Righteous, she begins her journey to its center. The trip will take her back in history, to Sariah,...

The Red Balcony by Jonathan Wilson

The Red Balcony by Jonathan Wilson

It’s 1933, and Ivor Castle, Oxford-educated and Jewish, arrives in Palestine to take up a position as assistant to the defense counsel in the trial of the two men accused of murdering Haim Arlosoroff,...