The Maggid of Sydney by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
The amazing story of Tom Rev and the Kamarna Rebbe When you care about another Jew in a genuine way, amazing things can happen. The Maggid of Sydney is the story of a most...
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The Paper Man by Billy O’Callaghan
A deeply moving interwar romance set between 1930s Austria and 1980s Ireland, based on a real-life unsolved mystery. 1930s Austria. Vienna is a bustling, cosmopolitan city on the brink of war. Matthias Sindelar is...
The Blue Glass Heart by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Illustrator: Chiara Fedele When Sarah accidentally breaks Bubbe’s blue glass bowl, she sets a heart-shaped piece of blue glass on an adventure, touching the lives of children around the world, until it finally―remarkably―finds its...
A Double Burden by Uzi Rebhun, Dani Kranz, Heinz Sünker
Israeli Jews in Contemporary Germany Suny National Identities Critically analyzing Israeli-Jewish migration to Germany, A Double Burden combines complementary approaches from the social sciences–quantitative, qualitative, and ethnographic research–to track migrants’ reasons for moving, their...
When We Disappeared by Elaine Stock
A WWII Story of Two Women of Different Faiths who Risk Their Lives to Save Family and Friends The intense, gripping conclusion of the Resilient Women of WWII Trilogy, sweeps across Nazi Germany, Bratislava,...
The Babka Sisters by Lesléa Newman
Illustrator: Tika and Tata Bobokhidze The great babka bake-off is on! Esther and Hester’s new neighbor, Sylvester, will gladly be their babka tester, and decide which sister’s Babka is the best. With cat Lester...
Dream Big, Laugh Often and More Great Advice from the Bible by Hanoch Piven, Shira Hecht-Koller
This clever, informative, and artful picture book from Hanoch Piven and Shira Hecht-Koller imagines what advice 14 Biblical figures would have given. Feel your power. Trust the journey. Change and grow. The Bible is...
Intimate Strangers: A History of Jews and Catholics in the City of Rome by Fredric Brandfon
The Jewish community of Rome is the oldest Jewish community in Europe. It is also the Jewish community with the longest continuous history, having avoided interruptions, expulsions, and annihilations since 139 BCE. For most...
The Pebble: An Allegory of the Holocaust by Marius Marcinkevicius
Illustrator: Inga Dagile Translator: Jura Avižienis A sensitively written and illustrated story about a young Jewish boy growing up in the horrors of World War II. “My name was Eitan and it was the...
Candle, Feather, Wooden Spoon: New Jewish Stories by Zoe Klein
Foreword: Sandy Eisenberg Sasso A collection of original stories by acclaimed author Rabbi Zoë Klein, Candle, Feather, Wooden Spoon invites readers on a magical, mystical journey. With settings both traditional and contemporary, the stories...
