To Die Beautiful by Buzzy Jackson
A heartrending novel based on a true story of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested, by award-winning writer Buzzy Jackson How far would you go to protect...
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Heidegger and His Jewish Reception by Daniel M. Herskowitz
In this book, Daniel Herskowitz examines the rich, intense, and persistent Jewish engagement with one of the most important and controversial modern philosophers, Martin Heidegger. Contextualizing this encounter within wider intellectual, cultural, and political...
Honor and Honesty; Thoughts on “The Cello Still Sings” by Janet Horvath
A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music Of the many virtues and values of “The Cello Still Sings” by Janet Horvath the most outstanding is her unwavering honesty....
In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me by Courtney Sender
Populated with lovers who leave and return, with ghosts of the Holocaust and messages from the dead, Courtney Sender’s debut collection speaks in a singular new voice about the longings and loneliness of contemporary...
The Lilac Tree by Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch
A Rabbi’s Reflections on Love, Courage, and History Applying Jewish values to our personal and communal lives. Ammiel Hirsch has been one of America’s leading rabbis for more than three decades. A Zionist activist...
Israel’s Declaration of Independence by Neil Rogachevsky, Dov Zigler
The History and Political Theory of the Nation’s Founding Moment Israel’s Declaration of Independence brings to life the debates and decisions at the founding of the state of Israel. Through a presentation of the...
Memory Spaces by Victoria Aarons
Visualizing Identity in Jewish Women’s Graphic Narratives An exploration of the work of Jewish women graphic novelists and the intricate Jewish identity is complicated by gender, memory, generation, and place-that is, the emotional, geographical,...
A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness: Stories by Jai Chakrabarti
In the fourteen masterful stories that make up this collection, Jai Chakrabarti crosses continents and cultures to explore what it means to cultivate a family today, across borders, religions, and race. In the title...
Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer by Michael Hurwicz
How War and the Great Depression Inspired a Nobel Economist Jews of Poland While still in his early 20s, and under Hitler’s shadow, Leonid “Leo” Hurwicz (1917-2008) left his home in Warsaw, Poland, seeking...
The Beginnings of Anti-Jewish Legislation by Mária M. Kovács
The 1920 Numerus Clausus Law in Hungary The Nazi 1933 Civil Service Law and the 1935 Nuremberg Laws are generally considered the first anti-Jewish decrees in Europe. Mária Kovács convincingly argues that ActV of...
