Zayde’s Crossing by Ken Baronsky
What survives when a life carefully etched in one world is swept away by war, revolution, and exile? Zayde’s Crossing tells the story of a Jewish family whose lives unfold amid the collapse of an...
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Elegy in Blue by Mark Helprin
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Oceans and the Stars, Winter’s Tale, and A Soldier of the Great War, returns with an unforgettable tale of love, loss, and remembrance set in Brooklyn. Told in an...
Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv‑y Recipes by Adeena Sussman
New York Times bestselling cookbook author Adeena Sussman offers a quick and easy (“zariz”) approach to Israeli-inspired home cooking with satisfying recipes for every day. For Adeena Sussman, the kitchen is an island of calm:...
The Arthur Miller Tapes: A Life In His Own Words by Christopher Bigsby
Christopher Bigsby and Arthur Miller shared a regular correspondence which stretched over nearly three decades of friendship. Their interaction and collaboration included a unique series of recorded interviews which now bring fresh and surprising...
Survival at Treblinka by Chad S.A. Gibbs
Geography, Gender, and Social Networks in Jewish Resistance On August 2, 1943, prisoners at the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, located in occupied Poland, launched an uprising against their captors, during which hundreds successfully escaped...
Spinning at the Edges by Elizabeth Poliner
From the author of the acclaimed As Close to Us as Breathing, a captivating novel steeped in history, revealing the bonds of family and community, and the healing powers hidden inside broken hearts. For much...
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri
Winner of the National Book Award • Named Amazon’s #1 Children’s Book of 2025 In the shadow of World War II, two orphaned siblings embark on a perilous journey across the mountains of Iran―where survival...
Nahmanides: An Intellectual Biography by Oded Yisraeli
In this innovative intellectual biography, Oded Yisraeli offers an unprecedented, comprehensive portrait of Rabbi Moses b. Nahman, or Nahmanides (1194ca. 1270), one of the greatest Jewish thinkers and writers of the Middle Ages. Nahmanides’...
Day of Delight: A Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia by Maxine Rose Schur
Afterword: Rabbi Sharon Zewde Shalom PhdIllustrator: Brian Pinkney Experience the beauty of Shabbat through the eyes of a young boy in a traditional Ethiopian Jewish village—an evocative tribute to family, faith, and a vanishing...
Odessa by Gabrielle Sher
In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave. Yetta is a bright, quick teenage girl with a...
