New Jewish Books
Houdini’s First Amazing Act Illustrator: Laura Catalán A fun, illustrated story of Harry Houdini’s first trick for young readers. “Julie Carpenter’s inspiring story of Houdini shows how, like him, we can open the locks...
Food from memory and food from home Ellie’s Table is a recipe book rich with storytelling, exploring chef Ellie Bouhadana’s mixed Jewish background through food – from Morocco to the Mediterranean. In her debut...
In August 1942, French parents were faced with a horrible choice: watch their children die, or abandon them forever. Fifty years later, it becomes one woman’s mission to match the abandoned names with the...
Translator: Antonia Lloyd-Jones A Holocaust story as fascinating and compelling as it is terrifying and puzzling—a book about aging and war crimes, pain and pride. In the middle of summer, omnipresent heat radiates as...
In Why Rain Comes From Above: Explorations in Religious Imagination, Devora Steinmetz invites the reader into the imaginative space created by deep engagement with biblical and rabbinic texts. Each of these six poetic and...
A riveting debut novel, based on real events, about a World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to live in the...
This is Rossi’s wild, queer coming-of-age story. Rossi was taught only to aspire to marry a nice Jewish boy and to be a good kosher Jewish girl. At sixteen she flowers into a rebellious...
In the spring of 1973, Melanie Adler desperately wants to be accepted by the Shimmers, the popular kids in her class. But the secret of her mother’s PTSD stands in the way. As hard...
Blending Traditional Recipes with a Modern Perspective on Healthy Food Illustrator: Andrew Tashi Introducing the Ukrainian Jewish Cookbook, a culinary journey celebrating the rich flavors and traditions of Ukrainian and Jewish cuisine. With 35...
While Hoffman’s debut collection interrogated the mythos built around grief, inhabiting an Alaska of the mind, her stunning sophomore collection When There Was Light looks at the past for what it was.These poems map...
