Category: New Books

Ketubah Renaissance by Michael Shapiro

Ketubah Renaissance by Michael Shapiro

The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract Illuminating the contemporary revival of the Jewish marriage contract, Ketubah Renaissance relays the storied history of this beloved document (known in Hebrew as a ketubah)...

The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman

The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman

An historical novel inspired by the experiences of the author’s own family after the Holocaust, a sweeping saga about survival, loss, love, and the reverberating effects of war In 2018, Zoe Rosenzweig is reeling...

The Ashes Know Her Name by Denise Nussbaum

The Ashes Know Her Name by Denise Nussbaum

Ana Summer was just ten years old when her world shattered. Raised on a peaceful kibbutz in Israel, her idyllic childhood was torn apart by a brutal terrorist attack during her birthday celebration. Amid...

Four Red Sweaters by Lucy Adling­ton

Four Red Sweaters by Lucy Adling­ton

Pow­er­ful True Sto­ries of Women and the Holocaust The New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz tells the stories of four Jewish girls during the Holocaust, strangers whose lives were unknowingly...

The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright

The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright

In this sweeping, timely thriller, a Palestinian American FBI agent teams up with a hardline Israeli cop to solve the murder of the Israeli police chief in Gaza—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Looming...