New Jewish Books
Menachem Begin—maker of peace with Egypt, Nobel Prize winner, welcomer of the Ethiopian Jews to Israel—was shunned by David Ben-Gurion and renounced as a terrorist. In this sympathetic biography, Daniel Gordis, a prominent American-Israeli...
Despite the fact that scholars of the post-Talmudic era have been of great importance to the continued interpretation of religious texts for more than a millennium, they are typically not given as much attention...
This books is on Sale in March: $10 for the hardcover instead of the usual $72.50 Antonio’s Devils deals both historically and theoretically with the origins of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature by tracing...
Growing up in Soviet Russia, Kat Knopman worships her parents, temperamental Anechka and soft-hearted, absent-minded Misha. Young Jewish intellectuals, they teach literature at a Moscow school, run a drama club, and dabble in political...
This books is on Sale in March: $10 for the hardcover instead of the usual $62.50 This book is a coat of many colors. It is a collection of essays written in English by...
Robert and Jacob are two down-and-out Polish con men living in Israel in the early 1960s. They’re planning to run a scam on an American widow visiting the country. Robert, who masterminds the scheme,...
Save 30% on a selection of books in honor of Passover. Visit our Passover sale page for more information. To receive your discount, enter the code 6PSP4 in the promotion code field of your shopping cart and click “update.” To...
Every Jewish institution,” writes Kerry Olitzky, “is undergoing significant change and is in danger of becoming irrelevant to the majority of North American Jews. All these institutions will have to reimagine themselves if they...
A week-long exploration of literature & culture for high school studentsAugust 3-10, 2014Apply by March 15! The Great Jewish Books Summer Program brings together a select group of rising high school juniors and seniors...
Gentile reader, and you, Jews, come too. Follow Sue William Silverman, a one-woman cultural mash-up, on her exploration of identity among the mishmash of American idols and ideals that confuse most of us—or should....
