Tunnels by Rutu Modan
Translator: Ishai Mishory A race for the Ark of the Covenant finds an exploration into the ethics and world of the international antiquity trade When a great antiquities collector is forced to donate his...
Category: New Books
Rooted in Torah by Matityahu Clark
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch on the Weekly Parashah and the Holidays The brilliance of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Torah commentary is now available in brief, accessible essays, conveniently organized around the weekly Torah portion,...
Divine Violence in the Book of Samuel by Rachelle Gilmour
Much of the drama, theological paradox, and interpretive interest in the Book of Samuel derives from instances of God’s violence in the story. The beginnings of Israel’s monarchy are interwoven with God’s violent rejection...
How to Pack for the End of the World by Michelle Falkoff
If you knew the world was going to end tomorrow, what would you do? This is the question that haunts Amina as she watches new and horrible stories of discord and crisis flash across...
In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Jewish-Communist Writers in East Germany by Thomas C. Fox
Dialogue and Disjunction: Studies in Jewish German Literature, Culture & Thought This study investigates the negotiation of Jewish-German-Communist identity in post-Holocaust Germany, specifically East Germany. After an introduction to the political-historical context, it highlights...
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Hi! I’m Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the inside flap (which is a gross phrase) and for websites and shit like that, so… here it goes!!! Yearbook is a...
The Lost Café Schindler by Meriel Schindler
One Family, Two Wars, and the Search for Truth Kurt Schindler was an impossible man. His daughter Meriel spent her adult life trying to keep him at bay. Kurt had made extravagant claims about...
A Time to Gather: Archives and the Control of Jewish Culture by Jason Lustig
Oxford Series on History and Archives How do people link the past to the present, marking continuity in the face of the fundamental discontinuities of history? A Time to Gather argues that historical records...
A page-turner with caveats; thoughts on “Operation Joktan” by Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn
When I searched my public library’s app for recent “Jewish” novels available as audiobooks, Operation Joktan jumped at me. I jumped on it to take an–admittedly easy–challenge for myself as I usually don’t read...
Polish Jews in the Soviet Union (1939–1959) by Katharina Friedla, Markus Nesselrodt (Editors)
History and Memory of Deportation, Exile, and Survival The majority of Poland’s prewar Jewish population managed to survive World War II and the Holocaust in the interior of the Soviet Union. This collection of...
