Tatae’s Promise by Sherry Maysonave, Moises J. Goldman
Based on the true story of a young woman’s escape from Auschwitz Hinda was eighteen years old when an axe crashed through the front door of her home in Poland. Nazi soldiers swarmed inside...
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Counting on Naamah: A Mathematical Tale on Noah’s Ark by Erica Lyons
Illustrator: Mary Uhles Rosie Revere Engineer meets Noah’s Ark! What if Naamah, Noah’s wife, was actually a math and engineering whiz? Enjoy this fun, zany, and girl-powered take on the traditional Noah’s Ark story.
The Lost Spy and the Green Dress by Alex Paz-Goldman
For twelve year-old Motti, growing up in Israel in the 1960s, the world is full of mysteries to be solved, while his town is full of spies to be caught. His parents are Holocaust...
Unsettling Jewish Knowledge by Anne C. Dailey, Martin Kavka, Lital Levy (Editors)
Text, Contingency, Desire Jewish Culture and Contexts Spanning the fields of literature, history, philosophy, and theology, Unsettling Jewish Knowledge adopts a fresh approach to the study of Jewish thought and culture. By creatively foregrounding...
After the Roundup: Escape and Survival in Hitler’s France by Joseph Weismann
Translator: Richard Kutner On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up 11-year-old Joseph Weismann, his family, and 13,000 other Jews. They were held for five days at the Vélodrome...
The Bund: A Graphic History of Jewish Labour Resistance by Sharon Rudahl
Foreword: David RosenbergEditor: Paul BuhleIllustrator: Michael Kluckner Told in an engaging graphic novel format, The Bund explains the oppressive origins of Jewish resistance in Ukraine, Poland, and the “Pale of Settlement” in Tsarist Russia....
Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack
Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness—even facing the Angel of Death himself. From Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack. Pesah has...
Renew Our Hearts: A Siddur for Shabbat Day by Rachel Barenblat (Editor)
From the creator of the Velveteen Rabbi’s Haggadah, a new siddur for the day of Shabbat. Renew Our Hearts balances tradition with innovation, featuring liturgy for morning (shacharit and a renewing approach to musaf,...
When’s Mummy Coming? by Rachel Wesson
Germany 1939: “Heinz, take her, please.” Trudi’s voice trembled, her hands shaking as she held the baby out to him. Liesel screamed in protest, grabbing a length of her mother’s hair. “Forget what you...
Uncle Yossi’s Grand Story Collection by Zalman Goldstein
A treasury of classic Jewish tales for all ages Celebrating the life and work of Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (“Uncle Yossi”), this heirloom designed 440-page story book contains over 75 carefully selected tales as transcribed...
