Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack
Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on a cure. Then Pesah has a vision: The Angel of Death will come for him on...
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NSFW by Isabel Kaplan
Blisteringly sharp and hypersmart―meet Isabel Kaplan’s searing debut novel about a young woman trying to succeed in Hollywood without selling her soul. From the outside, the unnamed protagonist in NSFW appears to be the...
Keeping the Mystery Alive by Ariana Huberman
Jewish Mysticism in Latin American Cultural Production This book delves into creative renditions of key aspects of Jewish Mysticism in Latin American literature, film, and art from the perspective of literary and cultural studies....
Reb Dovid, Volume 1: Rav Meshulam Dovid HaLevi Soloveichik by Rabbi Shimon Meller
Continuing The Brisk Dynasty The Last of the Brisker Dynasty in our Generation: The Inspiring True Story of Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik! This illuminating portrait of the life and teachings of “Reb Dovid” depicts...
Bubbie & Rivka’s Best-Ever Challah (So Far!) by Sarah Lynne Reul
Practice makes progress in this multigenerational story about family traditions and the pursuit of the perfect challah Bubbie and Rivka are not the best bakers . . . yet. But they are starting a...
All the Shining People by Kathy Friedman
Twelve exquisitely written stories depicting the search for human connection and the attempt to fit in far from home. All the Shining People explores migration, diaspora, and belonging within Toronto’s Jewish South African community,...
Living in Refuge by Leonardo Schiocchet
Ritualization and Religiosity in a Christian and a Muslim Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon This comparative ethnography of a Muslim and a Christian Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon focuses on contrasting social belonging processes...
Excitment in Halacha #3: Astonishing Creatures by Simcha Zisel Nakdimen
When was the last time you had this much fun learning halachah? Join the fun-filled adventures of the Berger family where there’s never a dull moment! Each story features intrigue, mystery, humor, and family...
The Brass Charm by Monique Polak
Illustrator: Marie Lafrance A young girl’s grandmother gives her a brass charm, and passes along a story of hope and kindness during an unimaginable time. Tali is staying at her Oma’s apartment after a...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls...
