When We Disappeared by Elaine Stock
A WWII Story of Two Women of Different Faiths who Risk Their Lives to Save Family and Friends The intense, gripping conclusion of the Resilient Women of WWII Trilogy, sweeps across Nazi Germany, Bratislava,...
Category: New Books
The Babka Sisters by Lesléa Newman
Illustrator: Tika and Tata Bobokhidze The great babka bake-off is on! Esther and Hester’s new neighbor, Sylvester, will gladly be their babka tester, and decide which sister’s Babka is the best. With cat Lester...
Dream Big, Laugh Often and More Great Advice from the Bible by Hanoch Piven, Shira Hecht-Koller
This clever, informative, and artful picture book from Hanoch Piven and Shira Hecht-Koller imagines what advice 14 Biblical figures would have given. Feel your power. Trust the journey. Change and grow. The Bible is...
Intimate Strangers: A History of Jews and Catholics in the City of Rome by Fredric Brandfon
The Jewish community of Rome is the oldest Jewish community in Europe. It is also the Jewish community with the longest continuous history, having avoided interruptions, expulsions, and annihilations since 139 BCE. For most...
The Pebble: An Allegory of the Holocaust by Marius Marcinkevicius
Illustrator: Inga Dagile Translator: Jura Avižienis A sensitively written and illustrated story about a young Jewish boy growing up in the horrors of World War II. “My name was Eitan and it was the...
Candle, Feather, Wooden Spoon: New Jewish Stories by Zoe Klein
Foreword: Sandy Eisenberg Sasso A collection of original stories by acclaimed author Rabbi Zoë Klein, Candle, Feather, Wooden Spoon invites readers on a magical, mystical journey. With settings both traditional and contemporary, the stories...
We Survived the Holocaust by Frank W. Baker
The Bluma and Felix Goldberg Story Illustrator: Tim Ogline During Adolf Hitler’s rule over Germany, there were over 40,000 Nazi concentration, labor, and death camps built with the intent of erasing an entire population...
On the Transcultural Nature of Jewish Periodicals by Michael Nagel, Susanne Marten-Finnis (Editors)
Interconnectivity and Entanglements Starting from the premise that all Jewish periodicals are the material heirs of a unique textual tradition, the authors of this volume -researchers from Germany, Austria, Israel, Belarus, the UK, and...
A Symphony of Remembrance by Stefan A. Carter
Introduction: Katarzyna Person The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Stefan grows up in Warsaw, Poland, barely aware he is Jewish and part of a small, assimilated community steeped in Polish culture. But in...
The Dressmaker’s Parcels by Silvano Stagni
What turning point makes you decide to risk your life to bring about change? Emma Mendes was a girl from an upper-class Venetian family; she led a comfortable life. She was the eldest daughter...
