That Such Men Lived by Bryan R. Saye
A World War II Novel Seventeen-year-old Johannes Schmitt can do nothing but watch as the Gestapo murders his father in his own home. Forced to flee Germany, Johannes is torn from the girl he loves and...
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The Henna Helper by Tami Lehman-Wilzig
Illustrator: Yinon Ptahia From award-winning author, Tami Lehman-Wilzig, comes a new picture book highlighting the Yemenite pre-wedding ceremony of Henna. Deep in Tel Aviv’s Yemenite Quarter, the small houses on Yom Tov Street buzzed...
You’ve Told Me Before by Jennifer Anne Moses
Sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad, always compelling, the stories in this collection explore the many manifestations of being Jewish in a modern and largely secular world. Jennifer Anne Moses creates characters, mostly American, who are...
Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes by Anthony Gottlieb
The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosophy is a...
The Holocaust in Eastern Europe by Waitman Wade Beorn
At the Epicenter of the Final Solution This bookprovides an authoritative history of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and makes a compelling case for why the region can be considered ‘the epicentre of the...
Dancing on Memories by Freda Lewkowicz
Illustrator: Sally Anne Garland A young girl is able to evoke smiles and memories when she plays the music of Swan Lake for her grandmother, a former ballerina who now suffers from Alzheimer’s. Once...
The 65 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in August 2025
Here are the 65 books I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in August 2025. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon; the “on this site”...
Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing by Niki Russ Federman, Josh Russ Tupper, Joshua David Stein
From the legendary New York destination for Jewish appetizing, a beautiful and inspiring cookbook that encompasses history, tradition, and absolutely delicious food In 1907, a Jewish immigrant named Joel Russ landed in New York...
The Canary on the Couch by Kenneth Levin
The Psychology of Jewish Self-Delusions in the Face of Rising Antisemitism In today’s America, a disturbing surge in anti-Semitism is making alarming inroads into the national mainstream. This book explores the many factors fueling...
Bau: Artist at War by Joseph Bau
A classic memoir that is both an inspiring true love story and a historical espionage thriller, Bau: Artist at War comes at a critical moment when the last survivors of the German concentration camps...
