Olive Days by Jessica Elisheva Emerson
A smoldering debut novel about a young mother in an Orthodox Jewish community of Los Angeles whose quest for authenticity erupts in a passionate affair following a night of wife swapping Rina Kirsch is...
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The 63 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in July 2024
Here is the list of the 63 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in July 2024. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Space Torah: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman’s Cosmic Mitzvah by Rachelle Burk
Illustrator: Craig Orback As a child, Jeff’s head was often in the clouds. As an astronaut, he journeyed far beyond them. On his final mission, Jeff brought a miniature Torah into orbit for an...
The 33 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in May 2024
Here is the list of the 33 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in May 2024. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Here There Is No Why by Philip Graubart
Did Chaim Lerner, acclaimed Israeli author and Holocaust survivor, kill himself in 1983, thirty-eight years after surviving Auschwitz? If so, was it traumatic memories finally catching up to him? Or despair over Holocaust denialism?...
The Concealment of Endless Light by Yehoshua November
The third poetry collection from Yehoshua November, whose previous books have been finalists for The National Jewish Book Award, The Paterson Poetry Prize, and The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, extends the marriage of...
Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism by Rachel Shabi
As claims of antisemitism continue to distort our politics at home and abroad, it has become almost impossible to talk about constructively, even in private. Instead, we find ourselves in a storm of misinformation,...
When The Hunted Hunt by Lorraine Dixon
In When the Hunted Hunt, Ada, a young Jewish wife and mother, endures unimaginable horrors in two concentration camps during the Holocaust. Torn from her husband and children, she loses everything—family, friends, and hope....
Klezmer Book by Avrahm Galper
42 Klezmer Favorites for Clarinet and B-Flat Instruments A great addition to the Avrahm Galper Clarinet Series, here Avrahm presents 42 fantastic Klezmer tunes to add to your repertoire. All arranged for clarinet and...
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick
For readers of Leave the World Behind and Exit West, an astonishingly resonant novel that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through one family after a black hole consumes the State of Israel and similar strange...
