New Jewish Books
Translator: Michael Swirsky New to Jerusalem and to adulthood, Rutha serves Café Shira’s devoted customers with a quiet compassion and a sensitive gaze, collecting their stories and absorbing them at her peril. Avigdor, the...
What is the antonym of empathy? As always, the answer is “it depends”. Early on the young girl, who later becomes the mother of the titular character of “The Journey of Sarah Levi-Bondi” is...
The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty In The Women of Rothschild, Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of the famous Rothschild dynasty, synonymous with wealth and...
For Holocaust survivor, Frank Wolf, what matters most is helping people. After relocating to New York City after the war, he takes on a new career as a detective. In these three stories, all...
Illustrator: Paula Cohen This modern retelling of the classic Yiddish folktale and Caldecott Honor book It Could Always Be Worse asks: What do you do when the school lunchroom gets too crowded? The students...
Hands of Gold is a work of fiction based on the true story of a fascinating Jewish man who overcame so many hardships, while maintaining his tremendous love of life. Sam Fox spent his...
Illustrators: Olga Ivanov, Aleksey Ivanov Ruby and her family celebrate Hanukkah in a brand-new way. Ruby’s cousin Avital is sad because her mom is going to be away on a work trip during Hanukkah....
Ernesto Cisneros, Pura Belpré Award-winning author of Efrén Divided, is back with a hilarious and heartfelt novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. A great next pick...
Translator: Gretchen Abernathy Sept. 1, 1939 . Sixty-year-old Janusz Korczak and the students and teachers at his Dom Sierot Jewish orphanage are outside enjoying a beautiful day in Warsaw. Hours later, their lives are altered forever when...
Mrs. Make-a-Mentsch is back! The delightful lady with twinkly eyes and round glasses, who lives in her slightly lopsided, little yellow house with a red roof and rickety wraparound porch, makes her appearance again,...
