The Extraordinary Dreidel by Devorah Omer
Illustrator: Aviel Basil “On Hanukkah, Uncle Haim the carpenter made Gil and Nurit a wooden dreidel. This was no ordinary dreidel.” It is Hanukkah, and brother and sister Gil and Nurit have just been...
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Tears of History by Pierre Birnbaum
The Rise of Political Antisemitism in the United States Translator: Karen Santos Da Silva For many Jews, for more than a century, the United States has seemed to be a safe haven. There has...
The Schlimazel of Sebreim by Richard Elfman
A vampire’s tale of love, lust, revenge and redemption. Schlimazel has been bullied his whole life by the coarse and prejudiced peasants of Sebreim, and it doesn’t help when he falls in love with...
Daughters of the Occupation by Shelly Sanders
A Novel of WWII Inspired by true events in World War II Latvia, an emotionally charged novel of sacrifice, trauma, resilience, and survival, as witnessed by three generations of women. On one extraordinary day...
Counting Lost Stars by Kim van Alkemade
New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8, Kim van Alkemade returns with a gripping and poignant historical saga in which an unmarried college student who’s given up her baby for adoption helps a...
The Cost of Free Land by Rebecca Clarren
Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance An award-winning author investigates the entangled history of her Jewish ancestors’ land in South Dakota and the Lakota, who were forced off that land by the United States...
Emerald Ark: Memories of a Jewish Irish Youth by Theo Garb
Editor: Michael Garb Who ever heard of an Irish Jew? My late father, Theo Garb, grew up amid the threat and, ultimately, the anguish of WWII and the Holocaust. Emerald Ark, Memories of a...
The 54 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2023
Here is the list of the 54 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2023. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning by Erica Brown
Ecclesiastes (in Hebrew, Kohelet) has long been viewed as the great existential work of the Hebrew Bible, containing the famous cry “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” As part of a search for enduring...
Ellie’s Deli: Wishing on Matzo Ball Soup! by Lisa Greenwald
Illustrator: Galia Bernstein From Lisa Greenwald, the beloved author of the TBH and Friendship List series, comes a new series about a girl trying to save her family’s deli. Ellie’s family owns the town...
