New Jewish Books
The Holocaust and Soviet Terror as Borderline Events Lessons of history are often referred to in public discourse, but seldom in scholarly discussions. This book seeks to change this by introducing an innovative analytical...
Benji Zeb has to balance preparing for his bar mitzvah, his feelings for a school bully, and being a werewolf in this heartfelt, coming-of-age novel for middle-grade readers. For fans of Don’t Want to Be...
Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman In Communities of Meaning, thirty-four of today’s community leaders and theologians engage Hoffman in dialogue about the big questions in American Jewish life, including: This collection...
A True Story of Survival, Hope, and Music A story about a piano and its most prodigious player—and how they both survived one of the darkest periods in history. When her father died, singer-songwriter...
Hilarious and surprising, this unapologetically Jewish story delivers a present-day take on a highly creative grandmother trying to find her Ph.D granddaughter a husband who is a doctor—with a yarmulke, of course. Goldie Mandell...
A collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five leading writers With original contributions by André Aciman • Sarah Boxer • Jennifer Finney Boylan •...
Selections From the Contents of That Ancient Book, its Commentaries, Teachings This selection of passages from the Talmud offers readers a glimpse into one of the most important and influential works of Jewish scripture....
In 1940, World War II has begun and the Nazis steamroll the French Army and the British Expeditionary Force. Sophie Sollar, M.D., a Jewish surgeon, flees France and the certain antisemitism the Nazis will...
A Dotan Naor Thriller In a gripping thriller that exposes the dark underbelly of paradise, Israeli investigator Dotan Naor is thrust into a treacherous web of deceit when he takes on the case of...
Illustrator: Susan Gal What a happy day! Zachary’s baby sister will have her naming ceremony. In the temple! With his moms, the congregation, and all their friends! He’s so excited he can barely contain...
