New Jewish Books
Editors: Ephraim Kanarfogel, Dov Schwartz This book sets forward a series of interesting and less-explored aspects of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s teachings. These essays delve into the Rav’s approach toward understanding biblical figures, his...
In the first volume of Titanic, we read the incredible story of Moshe, the simple village boy who made it big, strayed far from the path of Torah, and then made a complete turnaround...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg may be one of the most respected women in the United States, but her recognition is nothing short of hard-won. For years before becoming a justice of the Supreme Court, Ruth...
The Bowery was a synonym for despair throughout most of the 20th century. The very name evoked visuals of drunken bums passed out on the sidewalk, and New Yorkers nicknamed it “Satan’s Highway,” “The...
Foreword: Carlo Petrini The history of the Jewish people has been a history of migration. Although Jews invariably brought with them their traditional ideas about food during these migrations, just as invariably they engaged...
Since the arrival of approximately a dozen German-Jewish immigrants in the 1840s, the Jewish community of Dayton has actively contributed to the betterment and welfare of the “Gem City.” Jewish Community of Dayton recalls...
Illustrator: Zann Jacobrown Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810) is widely considered to be one of the foremost visionary storytellers of the Hasidic movement. The great-grandson of the Ba’al Shem Tov, founder of the movement,...
Illustrator: Daniele Fabbri Young Bezalel is different from the other Israelite slaves in Egypt. He loves to collect stones, bugs, bits of stringthese all seem beautiful to him. He keeps everything in his Beautiful...
A Holocaust Memoir of Terror, Chutzpah, Romance and Escape In July 1938, the young Austrian Kurt Reiner had everything to look forward to. A 25-year old Jewish engineering student at Vienna’s Technical College, he...
Illustrator: Chiara Pasqualotto Alexandra Crane is terrible at following her family in their flying Vee. She can’t help it that the world is so full of interesting and distracting sights! When it’s time for...
