The Orphan’s Daughter by Jan Cherubin
The Orphan’s Daughter is a novel about a woman who grows up in the shadow of her charismatic but troubled father, a man shaped by his boyhood in a Depression-era Jewish orphanage. The two life...
Category: New Books
When We Turned Within: Reflections on COVID-19; Edited by Menachem Creditor, Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Foreword: Bradley Shavit Artson This book is much more than a record of loss. It is a collection of reflections, prayers, and poems of many, many individual souls who collectively tell the story of...
How Millennials Can Lead Us Out of the Mess We’re In by Mordecai Schreiber , Iqbal Unus and Ian Case Punnett
A Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian Share Leadership Lessons from the Life of Moses During troubled times, millions have been inspired by the stories and spiritual lessons of the selfless leadership of Moses....
War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible by Jacob L. Wright
The Hebrew Bible is permeated with depictions of military conflicts that have profoundly shaped the way many think about war. Why does war occupy so much space in the Bible? In this book, Jacob...
Sadie’s Shabbat Stories by Melissa Stoller
Illustrator: Lisa Goldberg Sadie loves listening to Nana’s tales, especially about the traveling candlesticks, kiddush cup, and challah cover they use every Friday night. Will Sadie ever be able to tell her own special...
Max Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters by Rosanna Warren
Though less of a household name than his contemporaries in early twentieth century Paris, Jewish homosexual poet Max Jacob was Pablo Picasso’s initiator into French culture, Guillaume Apollinaire’s guide out of the haze of...
Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community by Jodi Eichler-Levine
Where Religion Lives Exploring a contemporary Judaism rich with the textures of family, memory, and fellowship, Jodi Eichler-Levine takes readers inside a flourishing American Jewish crafting movement. As she traveled across the country to...
Letters from Uncle Dave: The 73-year Journey to Find a Missing-In-Action World War II Paratrooper by Phil Rosenkrantz
Follow the story of Russian Jewish immigrants who sent five sons off to World War II and the Occupation Forces. Four returned. Sadly, their middle son, Army Staff Sergeant David “Rosie” Rosenkrantz, an 82nd...
From Adam’s Apple to Newton’s Apple: Concepts in Kabbala and the Wisdom of Hassidut through the Lens of Modern Physics by Shemer Keydar
Our world’s eternal questions answered by the Kabbalah, modern physics and the astonishing resemblance between them. During the 1920s, the world was changed forever when a new theory in physics — quantum theory —...
Camp Girls: Fireside Lessons in Friendship, Courage, and Loyalty by Iris Krasnow
New York Times bestselling author Iris Krasnow reflects with humor and heart on her summer camp experiences and the lessons she and her fellow campers learned there that have stayed with them throughout their lives. Iris Krasnow...
