New Jewish Books
When did Rosh HaShana, the anniversary of creation, become a day of judge¬ment? How does Yom Kippur unite the priest’s atonement with the prophet’s repentance? What makes Kohelet, read on Sukkot, the most joyful...
Translator: Anna Kushner In 1939, the Saint Louis sails from Hamburg into Havana’s port with hundreds of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from the Nazi regime. From the docks, nine-year-old Daniel Kaminsky watches as the...
Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Victor Klemperer...
Edited by Charlotte E. Fonrobert, Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Aharon Shemesh, Moulie Vidas, in collaboration with James Redfield Talmudic Transgressions is a collection of essays on rabbinic literature and related fields in response to the boundary-pushing...
Illustrated by Rivka Krinsky We cannot start too early teaching the Ten Commandments to children in ways that are meaningful and memorable, according to age appropriate understanding. The “Greatest Ten,” written in verse and...
Symbolized by a three-hundred-year-old Seder plate, the religious life of Fred Behrend’s family had centered largely around Passover and the tale of the Jewish people’s exodus from tyranny. When the Nazis came to power,...
John Demjanjuk and the Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial In 2009, Harper’s Magazine sent war-crimes expert Lawrence Douglas to Munich to cover the last chapter of the lengthiest case ever to arise from...
A step-by-step instruction how to quiet your inner voice of conflict. As an experienced therapist teaches you how to pray and meditate, you will learn self-mastery; how to become the “designer” of your reality...
Illustrated by Shirley Waisman Yossi has no money to buy the food and flowers his family needs for Shavuot. He tries selling the kippahs his wife sews, but he has no luck until a...
Edited by Josef Meri This volume assembles multidisciplinary research on the Judaeo-Islamic tradition in medieval and modern contexts. The introduction discusses the nature of this tradition and proposes the more fluid and inclusive designation...
