New Jewish Books
Nine countries. Nine lessons. One epic journey. From orphanages in Sri Lanka to silent meditation in Thailand; from fasting in India to temples in the Himalayas; from extreme martial arts in Korea, China, and...
Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World An in-depth exploration of the flight of young Jewish women from their Orthodox homes during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries The...
Whatever you’ve heard of Hebrew knowledge, linguist and cultural anthropologist Jeremy Benstein will take you on a journey into the deep significance of Hebrew in the life of Jews and Judaism. With fluency a...
A writer tries to answer a set of interview questions sent to him by a website editor. At first, they stick to the standard fare: Did you always know you would be a writer?...
Rabbi Y. Landy’sUncovering Sefer Yirmiyahu is not just another commentary. It raises the reader to a new level of understanding by synchronizing Tanach and Chazal with archaeological evidence and modern scientific research. It enters the...
Library of Jewish Ideas The love of God is perhaps the most essential element in Judaism―but also one of the most confounding. In biblical and rabbinic literature, the obligation to love God appears as...
Contributors: Tony Kushner, Dan J. Puckett, Milton Shain, Suzanne D. Rutland, David Slucki, James Jordan, Marjorie N. Feld, Michael E. Staub, Michael Rothberg, Sarah Phillips Casteel, Bashir Bashir, Amos Goldberg, Steven Cooke, Donna-Lee Frieze,...
The essence of a home is evident in the story of a young refugee child who was standing with her parents in the train station, surrounded by an assortment of trunks, boxes and bags,...
Illustrator: Enzo Lord Mariano This is the story of one refugee family’s harrowing journey, based on author Cary Fagan’s own family history. The graphic novel follows a young Jewish boy, Maurice, and his family...
The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library This book tells the story of the earliest Jewish diaspora in Egypt in a way it has never been told before. The colony that lived at Elephantine Island...
