New Jewish Books
Local Cinema, Global Genre Before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films. Then distinctly Israeli serial killers, zombies, vampires, and ghosts invaded local screens. The next decade saw a blossoming of the genre by...
Illustrator: Nathaniel Eckstrom A picture book adaptation for older readers (8+ years) based on the extraordinary bestselling adult title THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH. Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It...
“An ode to life in Israel, with all its ironic, annoying and heartwarming twists” (The Times of Israel) by comedians Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt, Israel 201 goes behind the headlines to show you...
How Two Jewish Families Shaped the Mediterranean World during the Napoleonic Wars and Beyond A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation shook the...
The first full biography of America’s most renowned economist. Milton Friedman was, alongside John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century. His work was instrumental in the turn toward free markets...
American Jews donate approximately $2.5 billion to Israel each year. Behind all that money and influence lies a power-sharing dynamic that has left an indelible mark on the relationship between Israeli and American Jews...
Marta Tomczok presents all Polish postmodern novels about the Holocaust, starting with “The First Splendor” and ending with “The Suspected Dybbuk” by Andrzej Bart. She also presents their rich relationships with selected foreign-language prose,...
A Novel in the Shadow of the Russian Mafia A brand-new novel from New York Times bestselling author Robert Littell, A Plague on Both Your Houses is a thrilling tale of love and war....
A young girl preparing for her bat mitzvah discovers she has mysterious abilities in this magical contemporary coming-of-age story from the beloved author of Orphan Island. Hi, whoever is reading this. I’m Zipporah Chava...
A bold recovery of Yiddish anarchist history and literature Spanning the last two centuries, this fascinating work combines archival research on the radical press and close readings of Yiddish poetry to offer an original...
