Leaving Eastern Parkway by Matthew Daub
Brooklyn’s Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and everyday life changes forever in the life of Zev Altshul. He is first placed into the care of the closed...
Category: New Books
Martin Buber: Creaturely Life and Social Form by Sarah Scott
A new collection of essays highlighting the wide range of Buber’s thought, career, and activism. Best known for I and Thou, which laid out his distinction between dialogic and monologic relations, Martin Buber (1878–1965)...
Jewish Holiday Cooking by The Coastal Kitchen
An International Collection of More Than 250 Delicious Recipes for Jewish Celebration A celebratory collection of over 100 delicious recipes that bring family together at the table each holiday, from Passover to the Festival...
Days Are Coming: A Journey Through the Jewish Year by Sivan Rahav-Meir
The cycle of the Jewish year is a journey, taking each of us through a process of growth. Every holiday adds something special to our lives and personalities. In order to truly appreciate the...
Stories for the Sake of Argument by Abi Dauber Sterne, Robbie Gringras
In these divided times, we tend to think that arguments should be avoided. Acclaimed educators, Abi Dauber Sterne and Robbie Gringras, suggest the opposite: we should argue more. Stories for the Sake of Argument...
Zieglitz’s Blessing by Michael Goldberg
Zieglitz’s Blessing tells the story of a multigenerational search for identity and the meaning of a man’s life. From childhood, Rod Zieglitz questions the truthfulness of his Hebrew name, which means “God will show...
Sally Opened Doors: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Illustrator: Margeaux Lucas Sally Priesand, the first American woman to be ordained a rabbi, opened doors for Jewish women’s full participation in Jewish life in this third book by Sandy Sasso about courageous women...
An Irish-Jewish Politician, Joyce’s Dublin, and Ulysses by Neil R. Davison
The Life and Times of Albert L. Altman (Florida James Joyce) A forgotten historical figure and his influence on the writing of James Joyce. In this book, Neil Davison argues that Albert Altman (1853‒1903),...
Making German Jewish Literature Anew: Authorship, Memory, and Place by Katja Garloff
German Jewish Cultures In Making German Jewish Literature Anew, Katja Garloff traces the emergence of a new Jewish literature in Germany and Austria from 1990 to the present. The rise of new generations of...
“Nice” Jewish Girls by Julia Merberg
Illustrator: Georgia Rucker Thirty-six mini biographies of groundbreaking, outspoken, odds-defying Jewish women explore their fascinating lives, as well as the ways in which they were shaped by their heritage. Probing the lives of historic...
