New Jewish Books
The Hebrew Bible in Social Perspective Life and Death: Social Perspectives on Biblical Bodies explores some of the social, material, and ideological dynamics shaping life and death in both the Hebrew Bible and ancient...
Editors: François Guesnet, Antony Polonsky, Ada Rapoport-Albert, Marcin Wodzinski Following tremendous advances in recent years in the study of religious belief, this volume adopts a fresh understanding of Jewish religious life in Poland. Approaches...
When Mindy, Daisy, and Charley misinterpret their Bubbe’s Yiddish words, they set off on a hilarious quest to find her the perfect birthday present. Their search for naches (nachos!), babka (bubblegum!), and more leads...
Food is the most accessible pleasure. It is nourishing and comforting. It connects people and makes them feel good.Eating is what all of us have in common, and we all love to do it...
A funny and honest portrayal of living with social anxiety, this timely novel explores the universal themes of growing up and finding your voice, set in a fast-paced comedy. Ellie Katz is sabotaging her...
A quick guide to the Jewish wedding, Birkat Rivka is an English digest of meaningful thoughts and practical Halachot, relevant for both Sepharadim and Ashkenazim, highlighting the nuances and contemporary discussions of the Jewish...
In the spirit of We Were the Lucky Ones and We Must Be Brave, a heartbreaking World War II novel of one mother’s impossible choice, and her search for her daughter against the odds....
KNOWLEDGE Do we obtain reliable knowledge about the world from ongoing supernatural revelation, or from scientific investigation? NATURE Is it preferable to perceive God as working through nature, or through supernatural miracles? Are we...
In January 1942, Soviet press photographers came upon a scene like none they had ever documented. That day, they took pictures of the first liberation of a German mass atrocity, where an estimated 7,000...
This book retells the history of Israeli film in the 1960s and 1970s in sex scenes. Through close readings of the first sex scenes in mainstream Israeli movies from this period, it explores the...
