Moon In Bastet by E S Danon
A memoir turned into thrilling fiction; Moon in Bastet is based on the life of author E. S. Danon. The story follows a fourteen-year-old girl named Eva, an orphan living in the Negev desert...
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Yitzy Aims High by Ann D. Koffsky
Seven-year-old Yitzy wants to kiss the mezuzah on the doorpost, but it’s way too high. His friends try to help him, but he just can’t reach. Until one special friend arrives. Will he be...
Signs of Salvation; Editors: Mark Randall James, Randi Rashkover
Peter Ochs is one of today’s most influential Jewish philosophers and the cofounder of the practice of Scriptural Reasoning. Signs of Salvation: A Festschrift for Peter Ochs celebrates Ochs’ deep and wide-ranging contributions to...
Trauma & Memory: The Holocaust in Contemporary Culture by Christine Berberich (Editor)
Over the past decades, the memory of the Holocaust has not only become a common cultural consciousness but also a cultural property shared by people all over the world. This collection brings together academics,...
The 83 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in May 2021
Here is the list of the 83books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in April 2021. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
A Place to Hide by David Salner
It’s 1923, and Bill Waite is on the run from a cruel Montana parole boss. Arriving in New York City, he needs a hideout and someone to trust. He finds both working on the...
Catherine’s War by Julia Billet
Illustrator: Claire FauvelTranslator: Ivanka Hahnenberger This middle grade graphic novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 7 to 8, especially during homeschooling. It’s a fun way to keep your child entertained...
The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint; Editors: Alison G. Salvesen, Timothy Michael Law
Oxford Handbooks The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures. The collection is of immense importance in the history of both Judaism and...
The House on Thrömerstrasse: A Story of Rebirth and Renewal in the Wake of the Holocaust by Ron Vincent
Louis and Jenni Böhm were a middle-class Jewish couple who established a thriving business and raised a family in a small country town in Upper Silesia in 1885. The book follows the fortunes of...
Keziah’s Song by Daryl Potter
The Greek empire. A Jewish rebellion. A musically gifted girl strives to overcome the brutal siege of a contested land. Maccabean Israel, 135 BCE. Judean orphan Keziah has been traumatized by a savage war....
