Boy From the North Country by Sam Sussman
A son returns home to his dying mother to discover the astonishing truth of his origins and the secrets of a woman whose life and wisdom he is only beginning to understand When Evan,...
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Going Out with Knots by Wendy I. Zierler
My Two Kaddish Years with Hebrew Poetry Interweaving memoir with Hebrew poetry, Going Out with Knots illuminates author Wendy I. Zierler’s literary and personal Jewish mourning journey in the aftermath of unremitting personal loss. She begins...
Holocaust Monuments and Memorials in Central Europe by Eva Janáčová (Editor)
De Gruyter Series in Holocaust Studies and Antisemitism Holocaust monuments in Central Europe, especially in today’s Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Germany, have received surprisingly little academic attention. Yet these sites of memory offer...
Golem Loves Latkes: A Tasty Hanukkah Tale by Doreen Robinson
Illustrator: Anna Krajewska In Schmoozeville, a town passionately divided over whether latkes should be eaten with apple sauce or sour cream, the young main character brings a golem to life, and fun and zany...
A Teddy Bear for Emily – And President Roosevelt, Too by Nancy Churnin
Illustrator: Bethany Stancliffe Discover the fascinating true story of Jewish immigrants who played a key role in the creation of the beloved teddy bear, connecting their humble Brooklyn candy shop to the President of...
Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers by Jean Strouse
Jean Strouse captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent’s portraits of the Wertheimer family. Jean Strouse’s Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers looks at twelve portraits of one English family...
A Diamond’s Rhythm: Thoughts on Planting Seeds of the Divine by Yiscah Smith
Imagine if a book were like a well-cut diamond. You can look at it from different angles, and it is beautiful from all directions. At the same time, depending on your perspective, you see...
Radical Sisters by Judith L. Pearson
Shirley Temple Black, Rose Kushner, Evelyn Lauder and the Dawn of the Breast Cancer Movement There was a time when women’s health was marginalized. There was a time when breast cancer wasn’t discussed. There...
Imagining Early American Jews by Michael Hoberman
Popular representations of history tend to meet the moral demands of the present. Before the social crises of the postwar era began to influence Jews’ thinking and at a time when global antisemitism posed...
Mystery of the Missing Menorah by Randi Nahmias
A Children’s Story of Finding Friendship and Learning the Meaning of Hanukkah Can Rebecca solve the mystery of the missing menorah before Hanukkah ends? On the first night of Hanukkah, Rebecca gets the perfect...
