The Last Jews in Berlin by Leonard Gross
(Now on Kindle) When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, approximately one hundred sixty thousand Jews called Berlin home. By 1943 less than five thousand remained in the nation’s capital, the epicenter of...
(Now on Kindle) When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, approximately one hundred sixty thousand Jews called Berlin home. By 1943 less than five thousand remained in the nation’s capital, the epicenter of...
The Vision of Eden is a source-book of Judaic texts that draws upon a wide range of both Talmudic and Kabbalistic teachings, with a special focus on the issues of animal welfare and vegetarianism....
The book at Amazon and on Kindle Vienna and its Secessionist movement at the turn of the last century is the focus of this extraordinary social portrait told through an eminent Viennese family, headed...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle This is Pam Jenoff’s fourth novel and although it is a continuation of the third, Almost Home, it stands alone. Jordan Weiss suddenly resigns from her position...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle Jewish identity is the great theme of American Jewish historiography, and Marni Davis’s engrossing and well-written book belongs to this genre. It originated as a doctoral dissertation...
Editors: Elliot N. Dorff & Danya Ruttenberg The book at Amazon Studies have shown that young generations of Jews place high value on social change as part of their Jewish identity. They personally participate...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The author describes her book as “what would happen if Anne Rice and Mel Brooks had gotten drunk one night at Grossingers.” Filled with knowing winks to...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle Christmas is not everybody’s favorite holiday. Historically, Jews in America, whether participating in or refraining from recognizing Christmas, have devised a multitude of unique strategies to respond...
Excerpt from an article by Karen E. H. Skinazi and Lori Harrison-Kahan Over a century before Dahl [author of Invisible City], another Jewish writer turned her own sensational experiences as a newspaperwoman into a...
The book at Amazon More than anything, Rivka wants to celebrate Thanksgiving. She has learned all about the holiday in school and knows her family has a lot to be thankful for in America....