Ain’t No Grave by Mary Glickman
From a National Jewish Book Award finalist: A Jewish man and a Black woman find love against all odds, in this novel set during the Leo Frank trial in the twentieth-century American South. “A...
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Lotus Girl by Helen Tworkov
My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America From one of the central figures in Buddhism’s introduction to the West and the founder of Tricycle magazine comes a brilliant memoir of forging one’s...
Teaching a Dark Chapter by Daniela R. P. Weiner
History Books and the Holocaust in Italy and the Germanys Teaching a Dark Chapter explores how textbook narratives about the Fascist/Nazi past in Italy, East Germany, and West Germany followed relatively calm, undisturbed paths...
Edison’s Last Breath by Patrick Kendrick
As Thomas Edison was dying, he left test tubes of what he believed would be his final breath, until it was. His intent was to leave his “last breath,” for his protégé, friend, and...
Every Wrinkle Has a Story by David Grossman
Illustrator: NinamasinaTranslator: Jessica Cohen Every Tuesday, Yotam’s grandfather takes him to a coffee shop after kindergarten, where Grandpa Amnon drinks coffee and Yotam likes to draw. One day, Yotam has a question: “Grandpa, what’s...
Critical Theories of Anti-Semitism by Jonathan Judaken
New Directions in Critical Theory Despite its persistence and viciousness, anti-Semitism remains undertheorized in comparison with other forms of racism and discrimination. How should anti-Semitism be defined? What are its underlying causes? Why do...
The Oracle: Portraits of Rebbe Mendel Schneerson by Marc Asnin, Michael Specter, Sarah Ogince, Josef Abramowitz, Dovid Zaklikowski
Award-winning photographer Marc Asnin’s ‘The Oracle: Portraits of Rebbe Mendel Schneerson’ is a stunning coffee table book that presents never-before-published photos of the revered Rebbe Schneerson, the seventh leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement....
Trajectory by Cambria Gordon
Perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah and Sharon Cameron, this is the stirring and dramatic story of one young woman who must find a way to overcome her deepest fears in order to unlock...
Law and Jewish Difference: Ambivalent Encounters by Mareike Riedel
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society After centuries of persecution and discrimination, Jews are today often seen as a successful and well-integrated religious minority group in a ‘Judeo-Christian West’. This book qualifies this narrative...
Hope by Andrew Ridker
A hilarious and heartfelt novel about a seemingly perfect family in an era of waning American optimism, from the acclaimed author of The Altruists The year is 2013 and the Greenspans are the envy of...
