New Jewish Books
Milla and Honey have been best friends since forever. Milla envies Honey’s confidence, her charisma, and her big, chaotic family―especially when they provide a welcome escape from Milla’s own small family and quiet house....
Delicious, Timeless Recipes for Comfort and Connection “I tell you not to worry because I’ve done all the worrying for you!” Bonnie Stern, beloved teacher and bestselling cookbook author, wants nothing more than for...
A story of a young Tunisian girl who, despite a life filled with family, education, and diversity, is challenged by the events of the world around her. A secret discovery follows her through her...
Essays on Hungarian Jewish Gastronomical History The seven essays in this volume focus such previously unexplored subjects as the world’s first cookbook printed in Hebrew letters, published in 1854, and a wonderful 19th-century Jewish...
A History of America’s Fight Over Israel A bestselling historian uncovers the surprising roots of America’s long alliance with Israel and its troubling consequences Fights about the fate of the state of Israel, and...
Ceslav Mordowicz and the Race to Save Hungary’s Jews As Adolf Eichmann sent hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz gas chambers, the Jews of Budapest needed the eyewitness testimony of Auschwitz escapees...
Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and other lies) “We weren’t religious per se. The most frequent mention of God in our house was my mother yelling ‘Goddammit!’” Elisa Bernick grew up “different” (i.e., Jewish)...
From the author of The Last Rose of Shanghai comes a profoundly moving novel about a diplomatic couple who risked their lives to help Viennese Jews escape the Nazis, based on the true story...
In the middle of Budapest, there is a river. Csilla knows the river is magic. During WWII, the river kept her family safe when they needed it most―safe from the Holocaust. But that was...
Nine is just the right number Ketem the cat is looking for a new home. Professor Buber’s house looks like a good place to live, but the local cats tell Ketem the famous writer...
