New Jewish Books
Practice new decoding skills in a meaningful way. They’ve learned to decode. Now what? Build students’ confidence and vocabulary with simple stories and games that provide a balance between ease and challenge. Each of...
Made in Michigan Writers Series Not long after stumbling into Mason County, Natalie Ruth Joynton finds herself the owner of four acres, a big red barn, and a white farmhouse set among the picturesque...
An essential biography of one of the Bible’s most powerful and inspiring books Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, but it may rank first in lasting cultural importance. It is here...
An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts. Following The People and the Books, which “covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish...
Acclaimed poet and memoirist David Biespiel tells the story of the rise and fall of a Jewish boyhood in Texas, and his search for the answer to his life’s central riddle: Are we ever done leaving...
Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture Forging Ties, Forging Passports is a history of migration and nation-building from the vantage point of those who lived between states. Devi Mays traces the histories of Ottoman...
Here is the list of the 80 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in September 2020. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on...
Hungry Hearts is a collection of short stories by Jewish/American writer Anzia Yezierska first published in 1920. The short stories deal with the European Jewish immigrant experience from the perspective of fictional female Jews, each...
Sparks from the Sedrah is a journey into the depths of the Torah. The Torah does not surrender its secrets easily; one must immerse in a labor of love to gain an understanding of the...
The first contemporary analysis of Bedouin and biblical cultures sheds new light on biblical laws, practices, and Bedouin history Written by one of the world’s leading scholars of Bedouin culture, this groundbreaking book sheds...
