New Jewish Books
A great many Jewish holidays and practices, in their earliest understanding, reflect the great innovation of Biblical religion. The Bible emphasized historical events in contrast to nature. Other ancient Near Eastern religions stressed the...
Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East Translator: Haim Watzman Israel’s 1977 political election resulted in a dramatic defeat for the ruling Labor movement, which had enjoyed more than four decades of...
Discover aspects of the wonderful world that HaShem made just for us in HaShem’s Wonderful World. In this full-color children’s book you will travel the amazing rain cycle with Raffi Raindrop and learn all about...
If she wants a future with him, she’ll have to make peace with her past. Jenna’s never let her cerebral palsy get her down. But when she discovers that her condition was actually caused...
Escape and Hiding: Lessons from the Holocaust This concise, illustrated Guide provides context for parents, caregivers, and teaching professionals on a father and son’s view of the Holocaust. The Submergers is a father’s view of how...
Few direct clues exist to the everyday lives and beliefs of ordinary Jews in antiquity. Prevailing perspectives on ancient Jewish life have been shaped largely by the voices of intellectual and social elites, preserved...
Illustrator: Anita Tung In a faraway village, can anyone make the royal prince smile? Zlatah Leah is a capable girl, talented in many things. One day, she joins her village’s effort to make the...
They were the unlikeliest of heroes. Rene Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international racecar circuit, had been banned from the best European teams—and fastest cars—by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage....
The Well Digger is a little book about flourishing in the desert in the middle of a famine. It is the story of the forgotten patriarch, Isaac, who faced famine, failure, frustration and foe—but...
From Left to Right: Lucy S. Dawidowicz, the New York Intellectuals, and the Politics of Jewish History is the first comprehensive biography of Dawidowicz (1915-1990), a pioneer historian in the field that is now called...
A Karakas Speaks by C.M. Kosemen
The Nazi, the Princess, and the Shoemaker: My Father’s Holocaust Odyssey by Scott M. Neuman
Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered by Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Global Jewish Foodways: A History by Hasia R. Diner & Simone Cinotto