Commemoration Book Chelm by M Bakalczuk
Cover Art: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Chelm, at the outbreak of World War II had a Jewish population of around 18 thousand. Only a remnant of a few hundred Chelmer Jews remain, escaping the Nazi...
Category: New Books
In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova
Translator: Sasha Dugdale An exploration of life at the margins of history from one of Russia’s most exciting contemporary writers Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize With the death of her aunt, the...
Jews in Medicine: Contributions to Health and Healing Through the Ages by Ronald L. Eisenberg MD
Requiring no specialized medical or Jewish knowledge to appreciate this book, Jews in Medicine documents the fascinating history of medical contributions made by Jewish physicians throughout the ages. Profiles of more than 450 individual...
The Kedumah Experience: The Primordial Torah by Zvi Ish-Shalom
There is an ancient Hebrew text that speaks of a Torah Kedumah, a “Primordial Teaching,” that existed before the creation of the world. This is not the Torah as it is known in conventional...
Like Salt for Bread. The Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Francine Friedman
Studia Judaeoslavica A numerically small Jewish community helped their ethnically embattled neighbors in a neutral, humanitarian way to survive the longest modern siege, Sarajevo, in the early 1990s.
Essentials of the Land of Israel by Brandon Marlon
Essentials of the Land of Israel is a companion volume to its predecessor, Essentials of Jewish History: Jewish Leadership Across 4,000 Years, and likewise aims to serve as a comprehensive compendium for ready reference....
Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy by Gary Barwin
A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe after the 1941 Nazi invasion of Lithuania in this wild and witty yet heartrending novel from the...
Abraham’s Bloodline!: A Story of a Jewish Family at War by Roger Bowen
Miriam is a survivor of the Holocaust. She flees Warsaw and joins the Jewish Partisans. At war’s end, Miriam escapes to Palestine, where she meets Cobi. Cobi is a native-born Palestinian who served in...
The Last Generation of Jews in Poland by Efraim Shmueli
Translator: Gila Shmueli The book, based on memories of a native son and the research of a scholar, is an amalgam of descriptions and discussions, peppered with conversations, personal observations and an acute observer’s...
Why Do Jewish? A Manifesto for 21st Century Jewish Peoplehood by Zack Bodner
How do I live a more meaningful life? How might I feel more connected to others, to the world around me, to the past and the future? In an era when we can choose...
