A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
Elisheva Cohen has just returned to New York after almost a decade away. The wounds of her past haven’t fully healed, but four years of sobriety and a scholarship to study photography with art...
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New Each Day: A Spiritual Practice for Reading Psalms by Rabbi Debra J. Robbins
Foreword by Rabbi Andrea L. Weiss, PhD Every day of the year, Jewish liturgy includes the Shir Shel Yom, a psalm recited to mark the day of the week. New Each Day by Rabbi...
Off to Join the Circus by Deborah Kalb
Off to Join the Circus focuses on an overly enmeshed, neurotic Jewish family in the Washington, D.C., area, and what happens when a relative returns after 64 years. Adele Pinsky ran away as a...
The Unexpected Adventures of C.A.T. by Johanna Hurwitz
Illustrator: Sam Loman Fourth-grader Chaya Ann Tober loves cats. Even her initials, C.A.T., are perfect for her!She feels so cat-like herself that when her actual cat Ollie, a very picky eater, refuses to eat...
Late B(l)oomer: The Life of a Jew Who Knew Too Much by Vincent Brook
In “Late B(l)oomer: The Life of a Jew Who Knew Too Much,” Vincent Brook takes us on a captivating journey through his multi-faceted life. Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1946, during the exhilarating...
One Last Shot: Based on a True Story of Wartime Heroism by Kip Wilson
From critically acclaimed author Kip Wilson comes this gripping coming of age historical fiction novel in verse about Gerda Taro, a vibrant, headstrong photojournalist with a passion for capturing the truth amid political turmoil...
A Snowman in Jerusalem by Aaron Zevy
It never snows in the little Israeli town where little Pnina lives with the rest of her family. But it sometimes snows in Jerusalem and Pnina is determined to see it snow – even...
Lech by Sara Lippmann
A mother recovering from an abortion in a Borscht Belt rental. An eccentric aging landlord, haunted by a mysterious death. A grief-stricken Hasid. A scheming real estate agent looking for her break, her dogged...
My City of Dreams by Lisa Gruenberg
In this carefully researched and hauntingly written memoir, Lisa Gruenberg not only records her own life, but also that of relatives long lost to darkness, terror, and murder. In dreamlike sequences she weaves known...
The Majority by Elizabeth L. Silver
Inspired by history, a riveting novel of love and friendship, motherhood and ambition, and one woman’s fight to be a Supreme Court justice. Half of the United States is waiting for Justice Sylvia Olin...
