New Jewish Books
Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman In Communities of Meaning, thirty-four of today’s community leaders and theologians engage Hoffman in dialogue about the big questions in American Jewish life, including: This collection...
A True Story of Survival, Hope, and Music A story about a piano and its most prodigious player—and how they both survived one of the darkest periods in history. When her father died, singer-songwriter...
Hilarious and surprising, this unapologetically Jewish story delivers a present-day take on a highly creative grandmother trying to find her Ph.D granddaughter a husband who is a doctor—with a yarmulke, of course. Goldie Mandell...
A collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five leading writers With original contributions by André Aciman • Sarah Boxer • Jennifer Finney Boylan •...
Selections From the Contents of That Ancient Book, its Commentaries, Teachings This selection of passages from the Talmud offers readers a glimpse into one of the most important and influential works of Jewish scripture....
In 1940, World War II has begun and the Nazis steamroll the French Army and the British Expeditionary Force. Sophie Sollar, M.D., a Jewish surgeon, flees France and the certain antisemitism the Nazis will...
A Dotan Naor Thriller In a gripping thriller that exposes the dark underbelly of paradise, Israeli investigator Dotan Naor is thrust into a treacherous web of deceit when he takes on the case of...
Illustrator: Susan Gal What a happy day! Zachary’s baby sister will have her naming ceremony. In the temple! With his moms, the congregation, and all their friends! He’s so excited he can barely contain...
TORAH ETHICS for NON-JEWS Do You Know Your “Seven Commandments?” In Jewish tradition, the “ten commandments” of Moses apply only to Jews. All others are expected to observe the “seven laws of Noah”: one...
A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory A moving and provocative graphic memoir exploring inherited trauma, family history, and the ever-shifting understanding of our own identities, for readers of Gender Queer and I Was Their...
