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...
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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...
Beni’s Tiny Tales: Around the Year in Jewish Holidays by Jane Breskin Zalben
Join Beni and his family as they celebrate a year in Jewish Holidays, including all their favorite craft activities, recipes, songs, and stories for each occasion. The perfect gift book that gives all year...
Stéphane Mosès: Displacements by Ashraf Noor
Selected Essays on German-Jewish Literature and Modernity Stéphane Mosès explores in Displacements the poetry of Paul Celan and the work of major German-Jewish thinkers in the context of his distinction between normative and critical...
