New Jewish Books
A delightful celebration of Jewish delicatessens in an accessible comics format, full of history and humor, and guaranteed to make you hungry. Beloved culinary and cultural institutions, Jewish delis are wonderlands of amazing flavors...
Translator: Stuart Schoffman A Tel Aviv shopkeeper visits his parents’ Polish birthplace in an attempt to come to terms with their complex legacy—and is completely unprepared for what he finds there. Yaakov Fine’s practical...
Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities In the aftermath of World War II, the United States experienced a rapid expansion of church and synagogue construction as part of a larger...
Illustrator: Adelina Lirius In this heartwarming story about the importance of community, a little Jewish girl living on the Lower East Side during the flu pandemic of 1918 can’t start school because her father...
Translator: Jessica Sequeria A breathtaking short novel about the complicated feelings of hate and pity in familial love by an acknowledged Latin American master. A brilliant and dark tour de force, Jewish Son presents...
From “THE PUGILIST IN TWELVE ROUNDS” When I was eight years old, my father taught mehow to box and I have been sparring my wayinto and out of his corners ever since. In oneof...
While many ancient Jewish and Christian leaders voiced opposition to Greek and Roman theater, this volume demonstrates that by the time the public performance of classical drama ceased at the end of antiquity the...
A Thrilling Historical Novel of Real Life Nazi Hunters Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Kristin Hannah, and Pam Jenoff, this thrilling, high-stakes Cold War novel from a bestselling author follows one couple’s relentless...
Bible Translation and Middle-Class German Judaism as Spiritual Enterprise In the late eighteenth century, German Jews began entering the middle class with remarkable speed. That upward mobility, it has often been said, coincided with...
Through the jungle, down the slide, up to the moon, and onto a cloud . . . the journey to Shabbat dinner at Savta’s (Hebrew for “grandmother’s”) house is full of adventure!
