Child of Dust by Yigal Zur
A Dotan Naor Thriller In a gripping thriller that exposes the dark underbelly of paradise, Israeli investigator Dotan Naor is thrust into a treacherous web of deceit when he takes on the case of...
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Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman
Illustrator: Susan Gal What a happy day! Zachary’s baby sister will have her naming ceremony. In the temple! With his moms, the congregation, and all their friends! He’s so excited he can barely contain...
The Seven Colors of the Rainbow by Yirmeyahu Bindman
TORAH ETHICS for NON-JEWS Do You Know Your “Seven Commandments?” In Jewish tradition, the “ten commandments” of Moses apply only to Jews. All others are expected to observe the “seven laws of Noah”: one...
Heavyweight by Solomon J. Brager
A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory A moving and provocative graphic memoir exploring inherited trauma, family history, and the ever-shifting understanding of our own identities, for readers of Gender Queer and I Was Their...
Tarnished Streets of Gold by Lissa Brown
Share Chana Berkowitz’s tumultuous odyssey from Gomel, Russia to America in the early twentieth century. Like many Russian Jews who were forced from their ancestral homes by pogroms and other expressions of antisemitism, Chana...
Where Is Poppy? by Caroline Kusin Pritchard
In this heartwarming Passover story, a young Jewish child learns to work through grief with the help of family, memory, and tradition. It’s Passover time and everything seems the same, but there’s one major...
The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic by Gila Fine
Rereading the Women of the Talmud Women in the Talmud are generally marginal and almost always anonymous – the daughters, sisters, and wives of prominent rabbis. The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic explores the...
Hiding in Holland: A Resistance Memoir by Shulamit Reinharz
Holocaust Survivor True Stories The authors of this striking memoir, Hiding in Holland, survivor Max Rothschild and his daughter Shulamit Reinharz, tell the story of a Jewish man who saved his life repeatedly during...
Rachel Friedman Breaks the Rules by Sarah Kapit
Illustrator: Genevieve Kote Introducing a charming chapter book series starring Rachel Friedman, a sweet and silly Jewish girl renowned for her peanut butter challah baking skills and larger-than-life personality! Rachel loves being Jewish, but...
Days of Wonder by Caroline Leavitt
New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story about mothers and daughters, guilt and innocence, and the lengths we go for love. As a teenager, for a moment, Ella...
