Judaism Disrupted by Michael Strassfeld
A Spiritual Manifesto for the 21st Century How do you hold on to faith in a modern world? Rabbi Michael Strassfeld digs deep into the Jewish tradition to help us get to the root...
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Ruth Blau: A Life of Paradox and Purpose by Motti Inbari
Perspectives on Israel Studies Ruth Blau: A Life of Paradox and Purpose explores the life of a curious, if not mysterious, character in modern Jewish history. Born a French Catholic, Ruth Blau (Ben-David) (1920–2000)...
Sing, Memory by Makana Eyre
The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Saved the Music of the Nazi Camps A Polish musician, a Jewish conductor, a secret choir, and the rescue of a trove of music from the Sachsenhausen...
The Population History of German Jewry 1815–1939 by Steven Mark Lowenstein
Based on the Collections and Preliminary Research of Prof. Usiel Oscar Schmelz Editors: David N. Myers, Michael Berenbaum The late Steven Lowenstein was a brilliant social historian who, after retiring from his academic position...
Because the World Is Round by Jane Saginaw
A story of global travel, personal growth, and family responsibility through the lens of 15-year-old Jane in 1970. Fifteen-year-old Jane was trapped. Trapped in high school in Dallas, Texas where her classes were too...
Jews, Race, and the Politics of Difference by Marina B. Mogilner
The Case of Vladimir Jabotinsky against the Russian Empire Jews of Eastern Europe Jews, Race, and the Politics of Difference explores how Russian Jewish writers and political activists such as Vladimir Jabotinsky turned to...
Incident at San Miguel by A.J. Sidransky
Havana, Cuba. December 1958. Two brothers find themselves on opposite sides of Castro’s revolution. One dark night, after rescuing of a leader of the revolt under house arrest, one brother finds himself hunted. The...
Putting God First: Jewish Humanism after Heidegger by Alick Isaacs
Putting God First: Jewish Humanism after Heidegger tackles the challenge of maintaining Jewish identity in a world dominated by Western humanism. It argues that the Holocaust reflects more broadly on contemporary humanism than the...
A deep novel with crash courses: Thoughts on “Ephraim’s Bones” by David de Wolf
Can you imagine a whole college semester packed into a novel? If you read deeply enough–and motivated enough–that’s what you get in “Ephraim’s Bones” by David de Wolf. There is enough material in it...
The Family Morfawitz by Daniel H. Turtel
From acclaimed author Daniel Turtel, winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best Novel, comes The Family Morfawitz: a gripping Jewish family saga inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphosis. When Hadassah Morfawitz flees Nazi Germany with...
