The Welcome Chair by Rosemary Wells
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney Based in part on a 100-year-old family journal, Rosemary Wells brings to life a story that the diary’s fragile pages tell. It’s the story of a wooden rocking chair handmade in...
Category: New Books
The Lamps of History by Michael Sandler
The Lamps of History wrestles with the ambiguities—and choices—between connection/alienation, renewal/decay, and faith/doubt. Its poems explore family histories and our stance toward them as they dim, frayed bonds with our grandparents’ traditions and beliefs,...
Titan of Tehran by Shahrzad Elghanayan
From Jewish Ghetto to Corporate Colossus to Firing Squad – My Grandfather’s Life “Titan of Tehran,” a richly reported and elegantly rendered story, presents a compelling central character, historic sweep and moments that read...
Filled with Fire and Light by Elie Wiesel, Alan Rosen
Portraits and Legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic World Here are magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets and kings, talmudic sages, and Hasidic rabbis from the internationally acclaimed writer, Nobel laureate,...
Jewish Food: The Ultimate Cookbook by Joshua Korn, Scott Gilden
With: Kimberly Zerkel Photographer: Jim Sullivan Jewish Food: The Ultimate Cookbook is a beautiful and thorough collection of recipes drawn from Jewish traditions and inspired by the contemporary international cultures rooted in this incredible...
I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales) by Margarita Gokun Silver
Notes From a Soviet Girl on Becoming an American Woman Buy a pair of Levi’s, lose the Russian accent, become an American…how hard could it be? Moscow, 1988. After years of antisemitic harassment, countless...
Bubbe & Bart’s Matzoh Ball Mayhem by Bonnie Grubman
Illustrator: Deborah Melmon Getting ready for Shabbat is always a bit zany, but… flying matzoh balls?!?!?! Bubbe and her best buddy, Bart, make the perfect matzoh-ball-chasing team in this hilarious Jewish counting book!
Once Upon a Parashah by Dassy Aarons
Short Stories with a Hidden Lesson for Today Learned from the Weekly Parashah Take a story with a dilemma, add something new from the parashah, and what do you get? A practical lesson for...
Eddie Whatever by Lois Ruby
Thirteen-year-old Eddie needs to do a community service project in preparation for his bar mitzvah. Against his better judgment, he ends up with a volunteering gig at Silver Brook Pavilion retirement home, where the...
Matzo Ball-Wonton Thanksgiving by Amelie Suskind Liu, Leslie Lewinter-Suskind
It’s Thanksgiving time and Amelie’s Bubbe and Nai Nai are visiting to celebrate the holiday. Amelie cannot wait for the delicious dinner of turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie! But, when Bubbe...
