Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse. Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she’s...
Category: New Books
Yael Bartana: The Book of Malka Germania; Edited by Shelley Harten, Gregor Lersch
She Is Hope. She Is the Leader. She Is the Messiah. She Is History. She Is Fake. The video artist Yael Bartana (b. Kfar Yehezkel, Israel, 1970; lives and works in Amsterdam and Berlin)...
Jews and Gender by Leonard J. Greenspoon
Studies in Jewish Civilization Jews and Gender features sixteen authors exploring the history and culture of the intersection of Judaism and gender from the biblical world to today. Topics include subversive readings of biblical...
Going West: Migrating Personae and Construction of the Self in Rabbinic Culture by Reuven Kiperwasser
This new book by Reuven Kiperwasser examines the social, cultural, and religious aspects of third- to sixth-century narratives involving rabbinic figures migrating between Babylonia and Palestine. Kiperwasser draws on migration and mobility studies, comparative...
Think Higher Feel Deeper: Holocaust Education in the Secondary Classroom by Mark Gudgel
Foreword: Michael Berenbaum Approaching the Holocaust in your classroom can be a difficult, often daunting task. This practical guide for English and social studies teachers features lessons learned from the author’s 17 years of...
Gottika by Helaine Becker
Illustrator: Vero Navarro 12-year-old Dany lives with his father, the scholarly Rob Judah, and his silent mother Rachel in the Stoon ghetto on the outskirts of Gottika. Under the ruthless Count Pol, the Stoon...
ABCs of Torah and Science by Dr. Herman Presby
Have you ever wondered… why? Why do we need science if everything is contained in the Torah? Why are there so many scientists who are atheists and non-believers? Why did G-d create such a...
Peter Owen, Not a Nice Jewish Boy: Memoirs of a Maverick by Peter Owen, James Nye
In this wry, candid and sometimes poignant memoir, Peter Owen recalls his lonely Jewish boyhood in Nazi Germany and migration to England where he survived the London Blitz, a teenage dalliance with aspiring actress...
Meir Kahane by Shaul Magid
The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survival Meir Kahane came of age...
Holocaust Fighters: Boxers, Resisters, and Avengers by Jeffrey Sussman
A remarkable portrait of the heroic people who faced the threat of extermination by the Nazis and resisted by any means possible—whether through boxing, exposing the reality of death camps, armed guerrilla attacks, or...
