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The Post­card by Anne Berest

The Post­card by Anne Berest

Translator: Tina Kover Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of...

Light Rises by Rachel Wesson

Light Rises by Rachel Wesson

An utterly emotional, page-turning WW2 historical novel The Resistance Sisters France, 1942: With Europe struggling under German occupation, Sophie Bélanger, grieving the deaths of her brother, fiancé and friends, is no longer prepared to...

Tzimmes for Tzipporah by Megan Hoyt

Tzimmes for Tzipporah by Megan Hoyt

Illustrator: Christine Battuz This count down to the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah explores life and celebration on a family farm through the eyes of a young girl allowed to help with preparations for...

Jews and Christians in the Roman World by Steve Mason

Jews and Christians in the Roman World by Steve Mason

From Historical Method to Cases Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity Roman Judaea, Christian origins, and Roman-Judaean-Christian relations are flourishing fields of endless fascination. Amid the flurry of new research, however, which uses ever new...

Jews in Post-War Wrocław and L'viv by Izabela Kazejak

Jews in Post-War Wrocław and L’viv by Izabela Kazejak

Official Policy and Local Responses in comparative perspective, 1945–1970s Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society Izabela Kazejak examines the process of re-establishing Jewish communities in two cities: Wrocław, which passed from Germany to Poland...

Charwood by Josh Schlossberg

Charwood by Josh Schlossberg

Dark doings are afoot in the forests of Charwood… After joining the Tenders, a band of backwoods activists claiming to solve climate change by burning trees for energy, Orna Tannenbaum falls in with Rowan,...

Siz­zle Reel by Car­lyn Greenwald

Siz­zle Reel by Car­lyn Greenwald

For aspiring cinematographer Luna Roth, coming out as bisexual at twenty-four is proving more difficult than she anticipated. Sure, her best friend and fellow queer Romy is thrilled for her—but she has no interest...

Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen

Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen

In her poignant debut graphic novel inspired by her own life, Emily Bowen Cohen embraces the complexity, meaning, and deep love that comes from being part of two vibrant tribes. Mia is still getting...