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The Absent Moon by Luiz Schwarcz

The Absent Moon by Luiz Schwarcz

A Memoir of a Short Childhood and a Long Depression Translator: Eric M. B. Becker A literary sensation in Brazil, Luiz Schwarcz’s brave and tender memoir interrogates his ordeal of bipolar disorder in the...

Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros

Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros

This exciting and adventurous start to a middle-grade trilogy follows a queer boy and his family as they try to halt the chaotic effects of a mysterious ring, drawing upon Jewish mythology to navigate...

Zel­da Pop­kin by Jere­my D. Popkin

Zel­da Pop­kin by Jere­my D. Popkin

The Life and Times of an Amer­i­can Jew­ish Woman Writer Zelda Popkin’s adventurous life could have made her the protagonist of one of her own novels. In his brilliant telling of the story of...

The Bones of the World by Betsy L Ross

The Bones of the World by Betsy L Ross

Suffering guards its mysteries, but when an upswell of antisemitism forces Rachel into hiding from the Righteous, she begins her journey to its center. The trip will take her back in history, to Sariah,...

The Red Balcony by Jonathan Wilson

The Red Balcony by Jonathan Wilson

It’s 1933, and Ivor Castle, Oxford-educated and Jewish, arrives in Palestine to take up a position as assistant to the defense counsel in the trial of the two men accused of murdering Haim Arlosoroff,...

Scape­goat­ed by Jeff Oliv­er

Scape­goat­ed by Jeff Oliv­er

There’s a global fainting pandemic that affects everyone but the Jews. Naturally, the world goes upside down (both literally and figuratively), and the Schtinklers are no exception. Sara is a quirky goat scientist whose...

The History of Birobidzhan by Gennady Estraikh

The History of Birobidzhan by Gennady Estraikh

Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia Russian Shorts Gennady Estraikh’s book explores the birth, growth, demise and afterlife of the Birobidzhan Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The History of Birobidzhan looks at how the...

The Accordion Player by Ichak K. Adizes

The Accordion Player by Ichak K. Adizes

My Journey from Fear to Love Seeing every challenge as an opportunity for growth, Dr. Ichak Adizes moved beyond a childhood marked by imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp and immigration to an unfamiliar...