Light After the War by Anita Abriel
Spring 1946: Best friends Vera Frankel and Edith Ban arrive in Naples. Refugees from Hungary, they managed to escape from a train headed for Auschwitz and spent the rest of the war hiding on...
Category: New Books
Mengele: Unmasking the “Angel of Death” by David G. Marwell
Perhaps the most notorious war criminal of all time, Josef Mengele was the embodiment of bloodless efficiency and passionate devotion to a grotesque worldview. Aided by the role he has assumed in works of...
Rebbe Nachman’s Tales: Stories for Personal Refinement by Bruce D. Forman, Steven J. Kaplan, Shoshannah Brombacher
This book represents a combination of Judaica and self-help, and reflects the growing area of spiritually integrated psychotherapy. Empirical evidence has developed showing this approach is effective in treating cancer patients and those suffering...
KOLOT: Raising a Jewish Daughter by Valley Beit Midrash
Valley Beit Midrash is proud to present the fifth volume of our “KOLOT: Celebrating the Plurality of Jewish Voices” thought journal. This volume centers around the empowering theme of “Raising a Jewish Daughter.” This...
Vladimir Jabotinsky’s Russian Years, 1900-1925 by Brian J. Horowitz
In the early 20th century, with Russia full of intense social strife and political struggle, Vladimir Yevgenyevich (Ze’ev) Jabotinsky (1880–1940) was a Revisionist Zionist leader and Jewish Public intellectual. Although previously glossed over, these...
Embracing Auschwitz: Forging a Vibrant, Life-Affirming Judaism that Takes the Holocaust by Joshua Hammerman
The Judaism of Sinai and the Judaism of Auschwitz are merging, resulting in new visions of Judaism that are only beginning to take shape. Each of the chapters of this book outlines an aspect...
Thoughts on “The Abba Tree” by Devora Busheri and Gal Shkedi
A talmud story and the description of three different kinds of trees weaved into a children’s story, depicted with gorgeous illustrations
The Collaborator by Diane Armstrong
Is he a hero or a traitor? Based on astonishing true events set in the darkest days of World War II in Budapest, this is an enthralling story of heroism, vengeance, passion, and betrayal....
Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles by Rivvy Neshama
ON A DARK WINTER NIGHT with little to do, Rivvy Neshama took a “Find Your Highest Purpose” quiz. And the funny thing was, she found it: to live a sacred life. Problem was, she...
The Jewish Wedding: A Guide to the Rituals and Traditions of the Wedding Ceremony by Dovber Pinson
This guide is based on the teachings of Torah,Talmud, Medrash, Zohar, Halacha, Poskim, Kabbalah and Chassidus, and writings culled from the seven Chabad Rebbes. By quoting their teachings, we actively draw down the ‘presence’...
