New Jewish Books
In a society such as ours, when doing good is the stuff of legend and hagiography, Freedman’s meticulous description of the constant struggle to be a good person and to do good for others...
Translator: Elizabeth Bredeck An encyclopedic survey of the Jewish body as it has existed and as it has been imagined from biblical times to the present That the human body can be the object...
Editor: Yolanda Ropschitz-Bentham It’s July 1940, Italy. A young Polish-born Jewish doctor, rendered stateless by the racial laws of 1938, is unable to flee the country. Henry Raupner is arrested and transported to Ferramonti...
Congregation Beth Abraham expected their newest rabbi to “sing some songs and go to an environmental rally.” But Vivian Green has other ideas. She wants her flock to engage meaningfully with their city-special mayoral...
The world is upside down. Everything we rely upon is shaking. In this timely book, Roy Neuberger, author of the futuristic novel “2020 Vision” (published in 2008), lays out a path for survival in...
In this enthralling historical epic, set in New York City and the Middle East in the years leading to World War I— the long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Golem...
New York Times bestselling author Anne Sebba’s moving biography of Ethel Rosenberg, the wife and mother whose execution for espionage-related crimes defined the Cold War and horrified the world. In June 1953, Julius and...
The incredible World War II saga of the German-Jewish commandos who fought in Britain’s most secretive special-forces unit—but whose story has gone untold until now June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has...
Illustrator: Mike Dutton Dr. Jonas Salk finds the cure for polio in this inspiring, educational, and timely nonfiction picture book. Jonas Salk wasn’t seen as a brave hero―not at first. As a child he...
Starting with plain sparkling soda, a gazoz layers in fresh fruits and flowers, aromatic herbs and spices, ferments, syrups, and other artisanal ingredients, all to create a beautiful marriage of flavor and fizz. In...
