The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Death lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is...
Category: New Books
Salo Baron by Rebecca Kobrin (Editor)
The Past and Future of Jewish Studies in America In 1930, Columbia University appointed Salo Baron to be the Nathan L. Miller Professor of Jewish History, Literature, and Institutions―marking a turning point in the...
Reenvisioning Israel through Political Cartoons by Matt Reingold
Visual Discourses During the 2018–2021 Electoral Crisis Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature Reenvisioning Israel through Political Cartoons: Visual Discourses During the 2018–2021 Electoral Crisis examines the ways in which the work of Israeli political...
On Sunny Days We Sang by Jeannette Grunhaus de Gelman
A Holocaust Story of Survival and Resilience When the Germans march into their little Polish shtetl at the start of World War II, the Jews of Wlodawa see their lives abruptly torn apart. For...
Hold On to Your Music by Lane Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Adaptor: Emil SherIllustrator: Sonia Possentini Discover the inspiring illustrated true story about one girl’s escape from the Holocaust to become a concert pianist against all...
But Perhaps, Just Maybe… by Tuvia Dikman Oro
Translator: Gilah Kahn-HoffmannIllustrator: Menahem Halberstadt “But perhaps, just maybe.” suggested Hedgehog, “Mr Billy Goat saw a big hole in the road and sealed it off so no one would fall in.” A beautifully-illustrated picture...
Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories by Tadeusz Borowski
Translator: Madeline G. Levine In 1943, the twenty-year-old Polish poet Tadeusz Borowski was arrested and deported to Auschwitz as a political prisoner. What he experienced in the camp left him convinced that no one...
Warm and Welcoming by Warren Hoffman, Miriam Steinberg-Egeth
How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century is the first...
Years of Glory by Susan Gilson Miller
Nelly Benatar and the Pursuit of Justice in Wartime North Africa The compelling true story of Nelly Benatar―a hero of the anti-Fascist North African resistance and humanitarian who changed the course of history for...
Once We Were Slaves by Laura Arnold Leibman
The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic...
