The Mouse Who Loved Latkes by Joy Nelkin Wieder
When the Katz family moves in, C.J. the mouse is scared. Nibbling jelly doughnut crumbs in the kitchen, he hears a soft voice say, “Hello.” The Katz family is spinning a dreidel and eating...
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Isabela’s Way by Barbara Stark-Nemon
For fans of Ruta Sepetys’s Salt to the Sea, this coming-of-age tale of one fourteen-year-old girl’s escape from early-seventeenth-century Portugal’s Inquisition, achieved with the help of a clandestine band of allies, will thrill and...
Men of Valor and Anxiety by Mariusz Kalczewiak
Polish-Jewish Masculinities and the Challenge of Modernity At the turn of the twentieth century, Jewish men in Eastern Europe lived in a social reality in which both Jewish and non-Jewish men and women tested,...
With a Needle and Thread: A Jewish Folktale from Cuba by Jennifer Stempel
Illustrator: Libi Axelrod A Cuban-Jewish girl and her abuelita transform a beloved dress into treasured symbols of community and tradition. A heartwarming tale of resilience, creativity, and celebration—stitched together with love, faith, and a...
Golemcrafters by Emi Watanabe Cohen
Emi Watanabe Cohen’s sophomore novel travels from the most awkward surface tensions to the beautiful depths of Jewish culture and lore for a tale of magical and emotional discovery. On the same day Faye’s...
Defending Judaism by David H. Price
Jewish Writing and Religious Toleration in Early Modern Europe Defending Judaism: Jewish Writing and Religious Toleration in Early Modern Europe explores the decisive contributions of Jewish writers to the expansion of religious toleration during...
The Jewish Woman Who Fought the Nazis by Eli Schaap
Bep Schaap-Bedak’s life during the Holocaust in Holland The story of Riwka (Bep) Schaap-Bedak follows unexpected twists and turns during the Nazi occupation of Holland and the annihilation of Dutch Jewry. Bep graduated with...
Pictures of My Desire by Caroline Goldberg Igra
What’s the cost of pursuing one’s passion? Nate is searching for a lost painting looted from his Jewish ancestors during the Holocaust. He’s convinced that its discovery is the key to restoring his family,...
Boy From the North Country by Sam Sussman
A son returns home to his dying mother to discover the astonishing truth of his origins and the secrets of a woman whose life and wisdom he is only beginning to understand When Evan,...
Going Out with Knots by Wendy I. Zierler
My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry Interweaving memoir with Hebrew poetry, Going Out with Knots illuminates author Wendy I. Zierler’s literary and personal Jewish mourning journey in the aftermath of unremitting personal loss. She begins...
