Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth by Benjamin Taylor
I had a baseball question on the tip of my tongue: What was the name of “the natural,” the player shot by a stalker in a Chicago hotel room? He gave me an amused...
Category: New Books
Filling in the Pieces A Survival Story of the Holocaust by Izaak Sturm
This autobiography is a compelling tale of an individual who survived the full brunt of the Shoah as a teenager, from the first day of the war in the small town of Dembitz in...
A Jewish Woman of Distinction: The Life and Diaries of Zinaida Poliakova by ChaeRan Y. Freeze
Translator: Gregory L. Freeze Zinaida Poliakova (1863–1953) was the eldest daughter of Lazar Solomonovich Poliakov, one of the three brothers known as the Russian Rothschilds. They were moguls who dominated Russian finance and business...
Inspired: Rosh Hashanah Prayer Companion by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin
Editor: Chava Witkes Regardless of where you’ll be davening this High Holiday season, stay connected with this new prayer companion. Powerful bits of wisdom are thoughtfully paired with full-color Jewish art. Its Chassidic insights...
A Hoopoe Says Oop!: Animals of Israel by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh
Illustrator: Ivana Kuman Ibexes on crater ledgesCall out, “Maa!” and walk the edges. A rhyming introduction to some of Israel’s unique animals like the hoopoe (the national bird of Israel), hyrax, and sand cats.
Recommended for You by Laura Silverman
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets You’ve Got Mail in this charming and hilarious rom-com following two teen booksellers whose rivalry is taken to the next level as they compete for the top bookseller bonus....
Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: The Dynamics of Delegitimization; Editor: Alvin H. Rosenfeld
How and why have anti-Zionism and antisemitism become so radical and widespread? This timely and important volume argues convincingly that today’s inflamed rhetoric exceeds the boundaries of legitimate criticism of the policies and actions...
The Assignment by Liza Wiemer
SENIOR YEAR. When an assignment given by a favorite teacher instructs a group of students to argue for the Final Solution, a euphemism used to describe the Nazi plan for the genocide of the...
Jewish Communal Service in Romania and Poland 1986-2006 Partnership, Challenges, and Transitions by Zvi Feine
Dr. Zvi Feine served the Jewish communities of Romania and Poland as country director for the Joint Distribution Community during those two countries respective transitions from Communist rule. This memoir of his work under...
Tradition, Interpretation, and Change: Developments in the Liturgy of Medieval and Early Modern Ashkenaz by Kenneth E. Berger
Minhag (custom) played a far greater and far more important role in medieval Ashkenazic society than in any other Jewish community. In upholding the authority of a custom, halakhic authorities frequently asserted that “custom...
