Bau: Artist at War by Joseph Bau
A classic memoir that is both an inspiring true love story and a historical espionage thriller, Bau: Artist at War comes at a critical moment when the last survivors of the German concentration camps...
Category: New Books
A Woman Is Responsible for Everything by Debra Kaplan, Elisheva Carlebach
Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe A groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life In small villages, bustling cities, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe, Jewish...
My Body Can by Laura Gehl
Illustrator: Alexandra Colombo My Body Can showcases all the different talents bodies have throughout the year. Inclusive of a variety of body types and abilities, the body-positive message affirms that everyone is beautiful, powerful,...
The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies by Leora Batnitzky, Eve Krakowski, Steven Weitzman (Editors)
An authoritative guide to Jewish studies, reflecting the latest research in a diverse and flourishing field Jewish studies is a dynamic, interdisciplinary field that draws on the methods of the modern academy—historical research, anthropology,...
The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe by David Kaufman
Essays by Bernard Avishai and Joanna Podolska A photographic tribute that highlights the stories behind remnants of Jewish communal life in post-war Poland, western Ukraine, Lithuania, and Latvia. In 1992 Canadian documentary filmmaker and...
Holocaust Hero: The Life and Times of Rudolf Vrba by Alan Twigg
Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg declared there were only two great Holocaust heroes — the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Mordechai Anielewicz) and Rudolf Vrba. After he escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau in April of 1944,...
Finding Ella Briggs: The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect by Despina Stratigakos, Elana Shapira
The first biography of an extraordinary woman and architect who left her mark on world capitals and reshaped modern design Ella Briggs (1880–1977) was a talented architect, designer, and writer whose influence was felt...
Boom and Chains: A Yiddish Novel Set in Israel/Palestine by Hanan Ayalti
Translator, Introduction: Adi Mahalel In late 1920s Palestine, Zalmen has just arrived at Jaffa port on his way to a small northern kibbutz. Young and idealistic, he hopes to put down roots and help...
Little Readers, Big Ideas: How Yiddish Tales Shaped Modern Jewish Identity
Thoughts on Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature by Miriam Udel How do you contain an explosion? If it is ideas you put them in a book, connect the bright sparks, and make...
The Devil’s Castle by Susanne Paola Antonetta
Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry’s Troubled History Reverberates Today The Devil’s Castle delves into the forgotten history of eugenics and links it to present-day psychiatry to explain how we as a culture continue...
