Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade
Translator: Rose Waldman “It is me the prophet laments when he cries out, ‘My enemies are the people in my own home.’” The Rabbi ignored his borscht and instead chewed on a crust of...
Category: New Books
Fragments by Greg Dinner
In a story that takes the reader from the Russian Pale of Settlement in the 1890s to the frozen fields of Poland in WWII, from Bosnia to Jerusalem to Krakow in present days, and...
Sources and Interpretations: Studies in Ancient Jewish History, Literature, and Religion by Lawrence H. Schiffman
Brill Reference Library of Judaism This volume brings together over forty of Schiffman’s Studies on Ancient Judaism that have helped to shape this emerging field. Throughout, these studies display a wide-ranging perspective, bringing together...
The Concentration Camp Brothel: Forced Sexual Labor under Nazi Rule by Robert Sommer
Foreword: Annette F. TimmTranslator: Dominic Bonfiglio Discover the chilling untold story of sexual forced labor in Nazi concentration camps In his seminal work, The Concentration Camp Brothel, Robert Sommer reveals the hidden horrors of...
Misophonia by Dana Vowinckel
Translator: Adrian Nathan West In the vein of Fleishman is in Trouble and Elif Batuman—an insightful, heartfelt, and hilarious debut exploring cultural diaspora through one teenager’s summer across Berlin, Jerusalem, and Chicago It’s another...
A Ring for a King: A Tale of King Solomon by Martha Simpson
Illustrator: D. Yael Bernhard A good king is looking for the right words to help his people, rich or poor, deal with life’s challenges. Ezra, a humble servant boy, wants to help the king...
From Tiberias, with Love: Letters of Love of the “Iggrot Qodesh”
Edited and translated by Aubrey L. Glazer and Nehemia Polen From Tiberias With Love is a journey to rediscovering the magic and mystery, the intimacy and depth of a lost moment in the history...
Memory and the Holocaust by Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, David Clark (Editors)
Routledge Studies in Modern History The importance of recording testimony of Holocaust survivors is well understood. While empowering the survivor and adding another layer of documentation about the cataclysm, it also serves as a...
Elsa’s Chessboard by Jenny Andrus
Illustrator: Julie Downing Elsa carries her chessboard everywhere, always ready for a game. When World War II forces her from Europe, can chess help make America home? Growing up in 1900s Vienna, Elsa’s brothers...
Interrupted Lives by Amanda Friedeman, Kelley Szany
Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust In some ways, Adele, Barney, Eric, Ernie, Frank, Judy, Magda, Rodi, and Ruth had little in common. They were born in different European countries and came...
