Under the Iron Bridge by Kathy Kacer
It’s 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last thing he wants to do is march around with a bunch of bullies, supporting the Gestapo and...
Category: New Books
Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation by Daniel C. Matt
Jewish Lives In the Bible Elijah is a zealous prophet, attacking idolatry and injustice, championing God. He performs miracles, restoring life and calling down fire. When his earthly life ends, he vanishes in a...
The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel by Andrew Tobolowsky
New Identities Across Time and Space The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical phenomenon from...
The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz by Magda Hellinger, Maya Lee
With David Brewster The “thought-provoking…must-read” (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped) memoir by a Holocaust survivor who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage and kindness—in the...
A Persian Passover by Etan Basseri
Illustrator: Rashin Kheiriyeh Ezra and Roza are helping to prepare for their Passover celebration. Ezra is proud to be in charge of bringing his family’s flour to the synagogue to be baked into matzah...
Anna and Dr Helmy by Ronen Steinke
How an Arab Doctor Saved a Jewish Girl in Hitler’s Berlin The remarkable story of Mohammed Helmy, the Egyptian doctor who risked his life to save Jewish Berliners from the Nazis. One of the...
Enchanted Dulcinea by Angelina Muñiz-Huberman
Translator, Introduction: Rebecca Marquis Jewish Women in the AmericasEnglish and Spanish Edition In this English translation of the 1993 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize winner Dulcinea encantada (1992) by Mexican author Angelina...
The Hebrew Bible Manuscripts: A Millennium by lodie Attia, Antony Perrot (Editors)
In The Hebrew Bible: A Millennium, scholars from different fields and dealing with different material sources are trying to consider the Hebrew Bible as a whole. The development of new databases and other technological...
Shmuel’s Bridge: Following the Tracks to Auschwitz with My Survivor Father by Jason Sommer
A moving memoir of a son’s relationship with his survivor father and of their Eastern European journey through a family history of incalculable loss. Jason Sommer’s father, Jay, is ninety-eight years old and losing...
The Story of The Satmar Rebbe by Sarah Feldbrand
Learning From Our Leaders Rav Yoel Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe, was a holy person even as a child. As he grew, his greatness in Torah and his careful observance of all the mitzvos became...
