New Jewish Books
I wish I had this book when I was getting familiar with Judaism to understand the spirit of the prayers. It is a charming introduction, emphasizing being grateful. I consider that a key element...
Illustrator: Holly Clifton-Brown OK, what new can you provide with yet another book teaching animals’ sounds to young kids? Turns out if you have a few creative ideas even adults can enjoy this kind...
Translator: Jessica Cohen Do you like to be roasted? How about if you are doing the roasting to yourself? How about watching other getting roasted? I don’t, so for me it was rather painful...
I couldn’t step out from my own perspective when absorbing Sari Kopitnikoff‘s book That Jewish Moment: Positive Thoughts and Moments from Life as an Observant Jew and I don’t think anyone could or should....
One test of a children book is how the target audience, i.e. kids react to it. In this case my own first reading of the book was when I read it aloud to my...
Ever since Theodore Herzl had the vision to re-establish a Jewish State, Israel became a prominent player on the world stage. To put it in perspective, this country is one-tenth the size of the...
The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman uses a real-life story of an abandoned apartment as her inspiration. Within a historical fiction story readers will learn about the Paris setting as well as the time...
Midnight In Berlin James MacManus April 19th, 2016 Thomas Dunne Books Midnight In Berlin by James MacManus is a fictional story that takes readers through the harrowing months that ultimately led up to WWII....
Majority of the book I read fall into one of three categories: sci-fi, Jewish/Judaism related books or Hungarian novels. I am always thrilled when I learn about books that combine my favorite genres. (I am still looking...
Being a man I was not the primary target audience of the book, which bears the subtitle: “Building the Sacred through Challah“. But if Arthur Kurzweil could write a glowing forward for it, who am...
