Berliners by Vesper Stamper
A riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s, and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine...
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The Last Consolation Vanished by Zalmen Gradowski
The Testimony of a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz Translator: Rubye Monet A unique and haunting first-person Holocaust account by Zalmen Gradowski, a Sonderkommando prisoner killed in Auschwitz. On October 7, 1944, a group of Jewish...
Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism by Steven D. Fraade
Before and After Babel In this book, Steven Fraade explores the practice and conception of multilingualism and translation in ancient Judaism. Interrogating the deep and dialectical relationship between them, he situates representative scriptural and...
Where I Am by Dana Shem-Ur
Translator: Yardenne Greenspan A piercing novel about life abroad in a cultural setting not one’s own: Reut is an Israeli translator living in Paris with a French husband and their child. She’s made sacrifices...
Progressive Politics in the Democratic Party by Richard A. Hawkins
Samuel Untermyer and the Jewish Anti-Nazi Boycott Campaign In the era of the appeasement of the dictators, Samuel Untermyer stands out as a champion of the human rights of not just German Jewry, but...
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah! by Fiona Rosenbloom
Stacy Friedman is getting ready for one of the most important events of her young life – her bat mitzvah. All she wants is the perfect dress to wear, her friends by her side,...
Walt Whitman and the Making of Jewish American Poetry by Dara Barnat
Iowa Whitman Series Walt Whitman has served as a crucial figure within the tradition of Jewish American poetry. But how did Whitman, a non-Jewish, American-born poet, become so instrumental in this area of poetry,...
Song About Pity: The Kehilla, in the 1930s by Avigdor Dagan
Translator: Patrik Munzar Song about Pity, written by the Czech Israeli author and diplomat, Avigdor Dagan (1912-2006), portrays the life of a Jewish community in a small pre-war Czechoslovakia town during the economic downturn...
Challah Day! by Charlotte Offsay
Illustrator: Jason Kirschner It’s Challah Day! A family mixes, kneads, and braids bread in this joyful, rhyming story about a Jewish holiday food that’s baked with love. From kneading sticky dough to gathering with...
It’s Her Story: Irena Sendler by Margaret Littman
Illustrator: Sara Luna Irena Sendler was a humanitarian and social worker in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Her job allowed her to pass through the armed gates of the Warsaw ghetto, bringing limited...
