Standing on the Crack by Karen I. Treiger
Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle’s Vibrant Gilded Age Born out of grief after the loss of her father, the author dives into old photos and family histories to search for answers and...
Category: New Books
The Broken Heart Is the Master Key: poems by Baruch November
The Broken Heart is the Master Key is Baruch November’s masterpiece. The poems in this new collection have been honed by years of skilled craft, love, and longing for connection – whether with a...
The Roots of the Guava Tree: Growing Up Jewish and Arab in Colombia by Sonia Daccarett
A debut contemporary memoir about a young woman struggling to understand her identity as the daughter of a Jewish mother and Christian Palestinian father, coming of age in Colombia as increasing violence and the...
Franz Boas: In Praise of Open Minds by Noga Arikha
A thought-provoking account of the life and work of Franz Boas and his influential role in shaping modern anthropology Franz Boas (1858–1942) is widely acknowledged for his pioneering work in the field of cultural anthropology....
The Golden Age of Italian Jews: 1848-1938 by Gino Segrè
The Golden Age of Italian Jews by Gino Segrè covers the nine decades from 1848 to 1938 during which Italian Jews rose from their socially constrained ghetto life to acquire full civil rights and...
REMNANTS and What Remains by Henry Hank Greenspan
Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors Made in Michigan Writer Series This moving collection chronicles the personal and creative journey of Henry Hank Greenspan across five decades of sustained and deepening collaborations with...
The Discovery of Dragons by Leah Cypess
Illustrator: Sarah Lynne Reul Miriam’s Magical Creature A charming chapter book series about a young Orthodox Jewish girl out to discover the truth about all the magical mysteries in her world, perfect for fans...
Sisters of Fortune by Esther Chehebar
The Cohen sisters are at a crossroads. And not just because the obedient middle sister, Fortune, has secretly started to question her engagement and impending wedding, even as her family scrambles to prepare for...
The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire by Joseph Sassoon
A spectacular generational saga of the making (and undoing) of a family dynasty: the riveting untold story of the gilded Jewish Bagdadi Sassoons, who built a vast empire through global finance and trade—cotton, opium, shipping, banking—that reached across three continents...
Wu Wei Eats an Egg: Poems by Lucas Hirsch
Translator: Donna Spruijt-Metz Jewish Poetry Project Wu Wei Eats an Egg introduces fascinating Dutch poet Lucas Hirsch. Alternatingly enraged at and bemused by the 21st century, with its traps of bourgeois excess, addiction, and...
