Karolina’s Twins by Ronald H. Balson
Lena Woodward, elegant and poised, has lived a comfortable life among Chicago Society since she immigrated to the US and began a new life at the end of World War II. But now something...
Category: New Books
L’Chaim!: Pictures to Evoke Memories of Jewish Life by Eliezer Sobel
In spending time with his mother in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease, Eliezer Sobel recognized something astounding. Although she had seemingly lost all of her language skills several years earlier, he discovered that...
Tishrei Tales: Uplifting Stories from Rosh Hashanah through Simchas Torah by Genendal Krohn
Tishrei, the first month of the Jewish year, is a time for teshuvah and inspiration. From the elevated days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur through the joyous days of Sukkos and Simchas Torah,...
Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey
Deep in gambling debt, the celebrated Brazilian writer Beatriz Yagoda is last seen holding a suitcase and a cigar and climbing into an almond tree. She abruptly vanishes. In snowy Pittsburgh, her American translator...
How it’s Made: Torah Scroll by Allison Ofanansky
Visit the people who make Torah scrolls and decorations. Find out how parchment is scraped and stretched, how tree sap becomes ink, how a computer program checks for mistakes, and why people spend so...
Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw by Elissa Altman
reyf: According to Leviticus, unkosher and prohibited, like lobster, shrimp, pork, fish without scales, the mixing of meat and dairy. Also, imperfect, intolerable, offensive, undesirable, unclean, improper, broken, forbidden, illicit. Fans of Augusten Burroughs...
Maya Prays for Rain by Susan Tarcov
It’s a sunny fall day in Maya’s neighborhood, and all her neighbors are busy with outdoor activities, from releasing some young butterflies to organizing a birthday scavenger hunt. But Maya learns that today is...
Moadim Perspectives, Yamim Noraim through Sukkos by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
In his writings, Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch offered profound and original insights into the meaning of all aspects of Jewish life and thought. His successor, Rav Dr. Salomon Breuer, and his grandson, Rav Dr....
Little Red Rosie by Eric A. Kimmel
In this playful version of The Little Red Hen, a young girl enlists her animal friends to help make the challah for Rosh Hashanah. With humorous, lively illustrations, this story captures the values of...
Mamaleh Knows Best: What Jewish Mothers Do to Raise Successful, Creative, Empathetic, Independent Children by Marjorie Ingall
We all know the stereotype of the Jewish mother: Hectoring, guilt-inducing, clingy as a limpet. In Mamaleh Knows Best, Tablet Magazine columnist Marjorie Ingall smashes this tired trope with a hammer. Blending personal anecdotes,...
