Mensch by Maria Guadalupe Castaneda Tellez
It’s 1939, World War II starts, some people called Nazis forced Jewish people out of their houses, but in Poland, Gertruda, a 19 year old brave girl takes care of a small Jewish boy....
Category: New Books
A Kabbalah of Food: Stories, Teachings, Recipes by Rabbi Hanoch Hecht
Stories and food have always been central to Jewish life, and in this book, they are uniquely tied together. Thirty-nine Chassidic tales, revolving around food and eating and accompanied by spiritual teachings, delve into...
Israel Rising: The Land of Israel Reawakens by Doug Hershey, Elise Theriault (Photographer)
Ancient Prophecy / Modern Lens Thousands of years ago, the prophet Ezekiel foretold a future time in which the arid land of Israel would come alive for its people. Now this breathtaking book documents...
Playing Till We Have to Go: A Jewish childhood in inner-city L.A. by Larry Derfner
Writing with the deep humanity that infuses his journalism, Larry Derfner vividly brings to life a forgotten moment in black-Jewish relations, when Holocaust survivor families and African American families lived, worked, played and fought...
Justice: Maccabees & Pharisees by Judy Petsonk
Murder, mayhem and mockery of Jewish traditions result when the descendants of the Maccabees declare themselves kings as well as high priests of Judea. The Pharisee movement arises to oppose the corrupt kings. But...
Heinrich Heine: Writing the Revolution by George Prochnik
Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) was a virtuoso German poet, satirist, and visionary humanist whose dynamic life story and strikingly original writing are ripe for rediscovery. In this vividly imagined exploration of Heine’s life and work, George...
Radiance: Creative Mitzvah Living by Danny Siegel
Editor: Rabbi Neal Gold Foreword: Rabbi Joseph Telushkin This first anthology of the most important writings by Danny Siegel, spanning and renewing fifty years of his insights intersperses soulful Jewish texts with innovative Mitzvah ideas...
Songs in Dark Times: Yiddish Poetry of Struggle from Scottsboro to Palestine by Amelia M. Glaser
A probing reading of leftist Jewish poets who, during the interwar period, drew on the trauma of pogroms to depict the suffering of other marginalized peoples. Between the world wars, a generation of Jewish...
The Neighbor from Bergen Belsen by Yaakov Barzilai
A moving story, wrapped in humor, about love, loss, and hope in one of history’s darkest hours. 1933. Hitler’s rise to power in Germany marks the beginning of the end for the Jews of Europe....
Sufganiyot, Latkes and More Hanukkah Traditional Foods: 20 Easy & Delicious Israeli Recipes by Miriam Gurov
Editor: Lena Mintz Come discover a diverse selection of 20 delectable, authentic Israeli food recipes from Miriam Gurov, who teaches kashrut and Jewish traditions at the Nativ Institute in Jerusalem (Israel). In this book,...
