Dribbling a Basketball on the Road to Damascus by Charley Rosen
A coming-of-age novel that takes us from a very tall boy’s discovery of his love of basketball to a young man who engages in point-shaving while a college player on his way to NBA...
Category: New Books
Israel, a Personal History by Göran Rosenberg
Combining poignant memoir and historical research, a son of Holocaust survivors grapples with the dream of Zionism and its consequences. Israel: A Personal History takes off where Göran Rosenberg’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning childhood memoir, A...
The Cabernet Club by Rona S. Zable, Margie Zable Fisher
Pour a glass, pull up a chair, and meet your new favorite friends. Debbie Gordon has six months to get a life. Long-divorced and restless, she moves into a quirky Florida condo community expecting...
Unfit by Ariana Harwicz
Translated by Jessie Mendez Sayer A bracing novel that asks how far we would go for the ones we love―and what we would do to destroy the ones we hate Lisa has lost custody...
JewGirl: A Memoir on Being and Belonging by Marcie Maxfield
JewGirlis a thought-provoking work of nonfiction that captures what it means to be Jewish and female at a time when antisemitism is rising and women’s rights are under siege. Blending personal narrative with cultural...
Hand in Hand by Rashel Veprinski
Translators: Anita Norich and Ellen Cassedy New York, 1918. One fateful winter night, Miriam Eidelberg finds herself strolling across the Williamsburg Bridge with her literary hero, the man whose poems she knows by heart....
Hester Street by Julia Wagner
Joan Micklin Silver’s groundbreaking debut feature film, Hester Street (1975), vividly portrays the immigrant experience through the eyes of Gitl (Carol Kane), a young, Orthodox Jewish woman who arrives in New York City from...
Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture by Samantha Ellis
A life-affirming memoir about resilience, language, and the healing power of our ancestor’s music, stories, and recipes. Samantha’s mother tongue is dying out. The daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha grew up surrounded by...
Conversations with Jewish Business Leaders by Moe Mernick
Orthodox Jewish business leaders share their stories and insights.
Lilac and the Switchback by Cordelia Jensen
A riveting middle grade novel in verse for any kid who has ever felt unwanted, uncomfortable, or unsure of where they fit in. Lilac has lived with her aunt, uncle, and cousin ever since...
