New Jewish Books
Jews, Publishing, and Postwar American Literature In the 1960s and 1970s, complaints about a “Jewish literary mafia” were everywhere. Although a conspiracy of Jews colluding to control publishing in the United States never actually...
Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth in his academic career applied the analytic method in his teaching of philosophy at Yeshiva University and in books he wrote. His goal was to bring greater clarification of Jewish...
From the acclaimed author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon and The Warsaw Anagrams comes an unforgettable, deeply moving ode to solidarity, heroism, and the kind of love capable of overcoming humanity’s greatest horror....
Translator: Michael Swirsky New to Jerusalem and to adulthood, Rutha serves Café Shira’s devoted customers with a quiet compassion and a sensitive gaze, collecting their stories and absorbing them at her peril. Avigdor, the...
What is the antonym of empathy? As always, the answer is “it depends”. Early on the young girl, who later becomes the mother of the titular character of “The Journey of Sarah Levi-Bondi” is...
The Untold Story of the World’s Most Famous Dynasty In The Women of Rothschild, Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of the famous Rothschild dynasty, synonymous with wealth and...
For Holocaust survivor, Frank Wolf, what matters most is helping people. After relocating to New York City after the war, he takes on a new career as a detective. In these three stories, all...
Illustrator: Paula Cohen This modern retelling of the classic Yiddish folktale and Caldecott Honor book It Could Always Be Worse asks: What do you do when the school lunchroom gets too crowded? The students...
Hands of Gold is a work of fiction based on the true story of a fascinating Jewish man who overcame so many hardships, while maintaining his tremendous love of life. Sam Fox spent his...
Illustrators: Olga Ivanov, Aleksey Ivanov Ruby and her family celebrate Hanukkah in a brand-new way. Ruby’s cousin Avital is sad because her mom is going to be away on a work trip during Hanukkah....
