Bluebird by Sharon Cameron
In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important...
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Shield of the Maccabees: A Hanukkah Graphic Novel by Eric Kimmel
Illustrator: Dov Smiley Our story begins just before the very first Hanukkah . . . Greeks and Jews are living in an uneasy peace in ancient Judea. Jonathan, a Jewish boy, sees a Greek...
Resilience A Jewish Guide To Facing Adversity, Fostering Strength, And Living Your Best Life by Leslie M. Gutman PHD
“Few things are as necessary for a well-adjusted life as resilience; of all the qualities of character worth developing, this one should probably come first. Readers who internalize the message of this book will...
The Angel and the Cholent: Food Representation from the Israel Folktale Archives by Idit Pintel-Ginsberg
Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology The Angel and the Cholent: Food Representation from the Israel Folktale Archives by Idit Pintel-Ginsberg, translated into English for the first time from Hebrew, analyzes how food and...
From Darkness to Light: Testimonies of Six Holocaust Survivors by Ronald J. Diller
From Darkness to Light is a compilation of personal testimonies of six Holocaust survivors, written in a short story format. The book walks readers through their life experiences before and during the Holocaust, their...
A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah by Nancy Churnin
Illustrator: Yevgenia Nayberg Henrietta Szold took Queen Esther as a model and worked hard to save the Jewish people. In 1912, she founded the Jewish women’s social justice organization, Hadassah. Henrietta started Hadassah determined...
Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Magical Menorah by Judy Press
Illustrator: Erica-Jane Waters Pinky Bloom, Brooklyn’s greatest kid detective, takes on a new case just in time for Hanukkah. When an extremely valuable ancient Israeli coin is stolen from her synagogue, Pinky sets out...
Israel Redeemed: Inspiration for the Jewish Festivals by Rabbi Dov Begon
Editor: Rabbi Menachem Weinberg These short Torah insights on the festivals address the unique challenges and opportunities that emerged with the historic return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. The author,...
The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness by Andrei S. Markovits
This is the story of an illustrious Romanian-born, Hungarian-speaking, Vienna-schooled, Columbia-educated and Harvard-formed, middle-class Jewish professor of politics and other subjects. Markovits revels in a rootlessness that offers him comfort, succor, and the inspiration...
The concept of Ruach Raah in contemporary rabbinic responsa (1945-2000) by Leon Mock
Possible Relations between Knowledge of the Physical World and Traditional Knowledge in Rabbinic Judaism The concept of ‘Ruakh Ra’ah’ (Evil Spirit), is extremely rare in the Tanach, but is found much more frequently in...
