Category: Older Books

Obligation in Exile by Ilan Zvi Baron

Obligation in Exile by Ilan Zvi Baron

The Jewish Diaspora, Israel and Critique Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Israel, the USA, Canada and the UK, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead...

The Zohar: Reception and Impact by Boaz Huss

The Zohar: Reception and Impact by Boaz Huss

The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization From its first appearance, the Zohar has been one of the most sacred, authoritative, and influential books in Jewish culture. Many scholarly works have been dedicated to its...

Escape from the Pit by Renia Kukielka

Escape from the Pit by Renia Kukielka

A Woman’s Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939-1943 At the end of 1944, while World War II was still raging, nineteen-year-old Renia Kukielka published her Hebrew language memoir about the Holocaust. The account may well...

The Songs of Ascents by David C. Mitchell

The Songs of Ascents by David C. Mitchell

Psalms 120 to 134 in the Worship of Jerusalem’s Temples Codes hidden for 3,000 years unveil the origin of the fifteen Songs of Ascents.Mysterious marks in medieval manuscripts disclose the lost temple song.Rabbinic traditions...

The Tattooed Torah by Marvell Ginsburg

The Tattooed Torah by Marvell Ginsburg

Illustrator: Martin Lemelman Now more than ever, it is essential to continue teaching the lessons of the Holocaust to young children in an impactful and palatable way, so that such horrific events are never...

The Winter Guest by Pam Jenoff

The Winter Guest by Pam Jenoff

A stirring novel of first love in a time of war and the unbearable choices that could tear sisters apart, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan’s Tale Life is a...