The Syndrome That Saved Us by Roberta Kagan
Book Four in a Jewish Family Saga As the saga continues in Manhattan, Sam Schatzman learns that rash decisions can be life altering. When an old enemy from the KKK, who had once tormented...
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Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander
Seventh Seltzer has done everything he can to break from the past, but in his overbearing, narcissistic mother’s last moments he is drawn back into the life he left behind. At her deathbed, she...
Bound in the Bond of Life: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy
Editors: Beth Kissileff and Eric Lidji On October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood when a lone gunman entered...
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman
Illustrator: Abigail Halpin Before becoming one of the greatest violinists of all time, Itzhak Perlman was simply a boy who loved music. Raised by a poor immigrant family in a tiny Tel Aviv apartment,...
Going Rogue (at Hebrew School) by Casey Breton
Ten-year-old Avery Green loves science. He loves football. He is crazy about Star Wars. But Hebrew school? No, thank you. Avery would rather have his arms sliced off with a lightsaber than sit through one...
The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Choice shows us how to stop destructive patterns and imprisoning thoughts to find freedom and enjoy life. Edith Eger’s powerful first...
Quest for Eternal Sunshine: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Darkness to Light by Myra Goodman
Quest for Eternal Sunshine chronicles the triumphant, true story of Mendek Rubin, a brilliant inventor who overcame both the trauma of the Holocaust and decades of unrelenting depression to live a life of deep peace...
Benjamin’s Crossing by Jay Parini
Soon to be a motion picture starring Colin Firth and directed by Pat O’Connor. The acclaimed and now-classic biographical novel of Walter Benjamin’s last days–adapted into screenplay by Jay Parini. It is 1940. For...
The Man Across the River: The incredible story of one man’s will to survive the Holocaust by Zvi Wiesenfeld
Yankel’s simple life is upended when the Nazis invade Romania in this biographical novel. As the fascist dictator Ion Antonescu imposes increasingly ruthless antisemitic edicts, the horrors of the Holocaust are visited on Romania’s...
Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Jonathan Sacks
A distinguished religious leader’s stirring case for reconstructing a shared framework of virtues and values. With liberal democracy embattled, public discourse grown toxic, family life breaking down, and drug abuse and depression on the...
