The Button Box by Bridget Hodder
After Jewish fifth-grader Ava and her Muslim best friend Nadeem are called hateful names at school, Ava’s Granny Buena rummages in her closet and pulls out a glittering crystal button box. It’s packed with...
Category: New Books
Fighting Back by Jeffrey Weiss, Craig Weiss
Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force Fighting Back is the story of Stan Andrews, an assimilated American Jew and World War II veteran who became one of the first fighter...
Old Truths and New Clichés: Essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Editor: David Stromberg Old Truths and New Clichés collects nineteen essays―most of them previously unpublished in English―by Isaac Bashevis Singer on topics that were central to his artistic vision throughout an astonishing and prolific...
Frank, Who Liked to Build: The Architecture of Frank Gehry by Deborah Blumenthal
Illustrator: Maria Brzozowska One building looks like it’s been wrapped in tinfoil. Another looks like it’s buried under a pile of paint chips. Frank Gehry has been called “the most important architect of our...
Sitting Shiva by Erin Silver
Illustrator: Michelle Theodore A little girl grieves the loss of her mother, but she can’t grieve alone. When her friends and family arrive at her house to sit shiva, laden with cakes and stories,...
Last Resort by Andrew Lipstein
In his blazing debut novel, Andrew Lipstein blurs the lines of fact and fiction with a thrilling story of fame, fortune, and impossible choices. Caleb Horowitz is twenty-seven, and his wildest dreams are about...
Why in Paris? by Harry F. Rey
In the late summer of 1936, a budding young photographer from Vienna named Anders travels to pre-war Paris. His mother sends him ostensibly to attend art school… and to survive as a Jew. But...
The Betrayal of Anne Frank by Rosemary Sullivan
A Cold Case Investigation Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept… Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team—led by an obsessed retired FBI agent—has finally solved...
The Path of Moses by Julia Schwartzmann
Scholarly Essay on the Case of Women in Religious Faith by Mózes Salamon Brill Reference Library of Judaism Writing in the late 19th century, Mózes Salamon hoped to convince his fellow rabbis to recognize...
Lessons in Fusion by Primrose Madayag Knazan
Sixteen-year-old Sarah (it’s pronounced SAH-rah, thank you) has a successful blog creating fusion recipes. When Sarah is invited to compete on Cyber Chef, a virtual cooking competition, her twists on her Baba’s recipes are...
