New Jewish Books
We so often study a book and simply skip its introduction. And yet, introductions are often where authors lay out their view of the world, the grand big picture they see the work fitting into. In...
Could it be JUST a coincidence? Daniel had no money for son’s chasunah… then came a phone call after 30 years. A bus without brakes heading towards a gaping chasm… is stopped by a man who wasn t...
How do we continue to commemorate the Holocaust? How can we draw any light from such darkness? As the fragile window of witness closes, here is a powerful new way to commemorate the Holocaust...
Practice new decoding skills in a meaningful way. They’ve learned to decode. Now what? Build students’ confidence and vocabulary with simple stories and games that provide a balance between ease and challenge. Each of...
Made in Michigan Writers Series Not long after stumbling into Mason County, Natalie Ruth Joynton finds herself the owner of four acres, a big red barn, and a white farmhouse set among the picturesque...
An essential biography of one of the Bible’s most powerful and inspiring books Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, but it may rank first in lasting cultural importance. It is here...
An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts. Following The People and the Books, which “covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish...
Acclaimed poet and memoirist David Biespiel tells the story of the rise and fall of a Jewish boyhood in Texas, and his search for the answer to his life’s central riddle: Are we ever done leaving...
Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture Forging Ties, Forging Passports is a history of migration and nation-building from the vantage point of those who lived between states. Devi Mays traces the histories of Ottoman...
Hungry Hearts is a collection of short stories by Jewish/American writer Anzia Yezierska first published in 1920. The short stories deal with the European Jewish immigrant experience from the perspective of fictional female Jews, each...
