Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros
Ernesto Cisneros, Pura Belpré Award-winning author of Efrén Divided, is back with a hilarious and heartfelt novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. A great next pick...
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The Teacher of Warsaw by Mario Escobar
Translator: Gretchen Abernathy Sept. 1, 1939 . Sixty-year-old Janusz Korczak and the students and teachers at his Dom Sierot Jewish orphanage are outside enjoying a beautiful day in Warsaw. Hours later, their lives are altered forever when...
The Ever-Clever Mrs. Make-a-Mentsch by Dvorah Glick
Mrs. Make-a-Mentsch is back! The delightful lady with twinkly eyes and round glasses, who lives in her slightly lopsided, little yellow house with a red roof and rickety wraparound porch, makes her appearance again,...
I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir by Harvey Fierstein
Tony Award–winning actor and playwright, revealing never-before-told stories of his personal struggles and conflict, of sex and romance, and of his fabled career Harvey Fierstein’s legendary career has transported him from community theater in...
Victorious by Yishai Sarid
Translator: Yardenne Greenspan From the author of The Memory Monster, a New York Times Notable Book of 2020, comes a gripping examination of the complexities of military service as experienced by Abigail, a psychologist...
Light Years Away by Ruti Kepler
A Chassidic family living in Yerushalayim – brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. Intelligent and idealistic, each of them searching for the light that seems just beyond their reach. A sensible woman, dedicated to...
Jews Don’t Count by David Baddiel
Jews Don’t Count is a book for people who consider themselves on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight against homophobia, disablism, transphobia and, particularly, racism. People, possibly, like you. It...
The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism by Steven Katz
Cambridge Companions to Religion A History of Anti-Semitism examines the history, culture and literature of antisemitism from antiquity to the present. With contributions from an international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned...
Our Daughters’ Last Hope by Elaine Stock
A WWII Story of unexpected Friendship across Enemy Lines, when two Mothers seek to save their Children’s Lives Resilient Women of WWII Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1940 Herta, and her family, Jewish refugees, are living...
The Sweetest Jewish Mango by Winifred Hament
A journey from death to life, from sadness to joy, being poor in the spirit to being rich in my soul. I’ve gone to great lengths to find the truth. I’ve opened many doors...
