Kaplan’s Plot by Jason Diamond
Elijah Mendes was hoping for a more triumphant return to Chicago. His mother, Eve, is dying of cancer, his business flamed out, and he has nowhere else to go. So he returns to Chicago...
Category: New Books
On the Margins of Orthodoxy by Schneur Zalman Newfield, Jessica Lang, Glenn Dynner, Joshua Shanes (Editors)
Among scholars of Jewish Studies, the process, history, and literature of exiting one’s native religious community is increasingly recognized as a new area within the field which, ironically, has a history stretching back to...
Ninette’s War: A Jewish Story of Survival in 1940s France by John Jay
The moving, poignant true story of a young Jewish girl coming of age in France during World War II, as the Holocaust approaches. This is the heart-wrenching true story of a young Jewish girl...
Eat Small Plates by Ben Siman-Tov, Zikki Siman-Tov
Vibrant, Shareable Dishes for Daily Joy The dynamic couple behind @BenGingi share their favorite mix-and-match-ready recipes for effortless everyday dining and easy hosting From a serendipitous meeting on a street corner in a tiny...
Twice Born by Hester Kaplan
Finding My Father In the Margins of Biography A deeply reflective memoir weaving together the personal story of Hester Kaplan’s acclaimed biographer father and his fraught effect on her artistic development with a rich...
Classical and Popular Music in Israel: Transcultural Dialogues and Contrasts by Dr. Malcolm Miller (Editor)
Original historical and analytical research into the Israeli music scene, treating important composers as well as broader issues such as Jewish-Arab encounters, Holocaust memorialization and post-October 7th soundscapes. Does a nation’s music reflect its...
World Enemy No. 1 by Jochen Hellbeck
Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews A major new history that transforms our understanding of World War II—tracing the conflict and its most infamous crime, the Holocaust, to Germany’s implacable...
Amoraim Series 14: Rabbi Asi by Meir Lamberski
Illustrator: Racheli David Rabbi Asi was an early Amora, born in Bavel, then moved to Eretz Yisrael. A lifelong companion to Rabbi Ammi and a talmid of Rabbi Yochanan, his adventures and teachings are found in both Talmudim and in the Midrashim.
What Would Philip Roth Do? by Matthew Check
Not Your Typical Boy-Meets-Girl Boy-Loses-Shiksa Story Welcome to the brain of Matt Check. Here you’ll find thoughts of bluegrass music, unrequited love, modern-day Nazis and uncircumcised penises. “Ugh, smegma,” as he likes to say....
Blackness in Israel – the Case Study of Ethiopian Jews by Danny B. Admasu
Diasporic, Zionist, and Israeli Discourses on Identity How did Israeli and Western Jews react to Ethiopian immigrants in Israel who are referred to as “Black Jews”? The book addresses the question of what occurs...
