Matzah Mia! by Libi Astaire
When a sack full of counterfeit gold coins is found in a matzah bakery, the most likely suspect is the Jewish baker who owns it—and if Mr. Ezra Melamed can’t prove his innocence the...
Category: New Books
The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between by Michael Dobbs
Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a riveting story of Jewish families seeking to escape Nazi Germany. In 1938, on the eve of World War II, the American journalist Dorothy...
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Here is the list of books, related to Jews, you can read/borrow from the National Emergency Library (NEL) right now. NEL is an initiative of the Internet Archive and here is their announcement about...
The A-Z of Intermarriage by Denise Handlarski
Most Jewish communities continue to cite intermarriage as the most serious threat to Jewish continuity. Contrary to the view that intermarriage is a crisis for Judaism, The A–Z of Intermarriage reveals that intermarriage can be a...
Mixed Messages: Reflections on an Italian Jewish Family and Exile by Eleanor Foa
In post-World War II America, who ever heard of an Italian Jew? No one. Journalist and author Eleanor Foa, born in Italy, raised in America, daughter of a brilliant father whose Italian-Jewish roots trace...
Our People: Discovering Lithuania’s Hidden Holocaust by Rūta Vanagaitė and Efraim Zuroff
This remarkable book traces the quest for the truth about the Holocaust in Lithuania by two ostensible enemies: Rūta a descendant of the perpetrators, Efraim a descendant of the victims. Rūta Vanagaitė, a successful...
They Left It All Behind: Trauma, Loss, and Memory Among Eastern European Jewish Immigrants and Their Children by Hannah Hahn
Trauma was a potent influence in the lives of pre-1924 Eastern European Jewish immigrants. They uprooted themselves because of grinding poverty, anti-Semitic discrimination, pogroms, and the violence of World War I. This book’s psychoanalytically-informed...
Matzah Ball Surprise by Laura Brown
Gaby Fineberg just wants to get through Passover Seder without her “well meaning” family playing matchmaker. She needs a date, just for one simple meal—that includes singing, the history of her forefathers, and not...
The Life of a Coat by Kadya Molodowsky
Illustrator: Batia KoltonTranslator: Ilana Kurshan When the father of a large family makes a beautiful winter coat, little does he know how much use it will get. Little Gedalia wears the coat with pride...
Immigrant City by David Bezmozgis
In the title story, a father and his young daughter stumble into a bizarre version of his immigrant childhood. A mysterious tech conference brings a writer to Montreal, where he discovers new designs on...
