The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson
Eighteen-year-old Ruth lives in the sparkling city of Vienna with her family, where she delights in its music, energy and natural beauty. She is wildly in love with the brilliant young pianist Heini Radik...
Category: New Books
The Siege of Tel Aviv by Hesh Kestin
Stephen King calls Hesh Kestin’s The Siege of Tel Aviv “scarier than anything Stephen King ever wrote.” Iran leads five armies in a brutal victory over Israel, which ceases to exist. Within hours, its...
Jocie: Southern Jewish American Princess, Civil Rights Activist by Jocelyn Dan Wurzburg
What an adventure I have had converting from a typical Southern Jewish American Princess into an honored civil rights activist. After Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in my town, I started calling my...
The Invisible Jewish Budapest: Metropolitan Culture at the Fin de Siècle by Mary Gluck
Budapest at the fin de siècle was famed and emulated for its cosmopolitan urban culture and nightlife. It was also the second-largest Jewish city in Europe. Mary Gluck delves into the popular culture of...
Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth by Jodi Magness
A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman Empire Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women,...
In the Warsaw Ghetto by Glenn Haybittle
Ala Silberman is training to be a dancer when the Germans invade Warsaw. Together with almost half a million other Jews, Ala and her family are forced into the ghetto, where she struggles with...
Who Wants to Be A Jewish Writer?: And Other Essays by Adam Kirsch
From one of today’s keenest critics comes a collection of essays on poetry, religion, and the connection between the two Adam Kirsch is one of today’s finest literary critics. This collection brings together his...
Ancient Texts and Modern Readers; by Gideon Kotzé, Christian S. Locatell and John A. Messarra
The chapters of this volume address a variety of topics that pertain to modern readers’ understanding of ancient texts, as well as tools or resources that can facilitate contemporary audiences’ interpretation of these ancient...
Ariel Samson: Freelance Rabbi by MaNishtana
Ariel Samson is just your run of the mill anomaly: a 20-something black Orthodox Jewish rabbi looking for love, figuring out life, and floating between at least two worlds. Luckily, it gets worse. Finding...
Justice, Justice Shalt Thou Pursue: Delaware’s Jewish Judges
The Jewish Historical Society of Delaware is pleased to announce the publication of Justice, Justice Shalt Thou Pursue: Delaware’s Jewish Judges: A History based on the program presented by Richard D. Levin at the...
