New Jewish Books
The American Jewish philanthropic enterprise is unparalleled in scope, dynamism, and the diversity of funders and the causes they support. Yet even as Jewish giving has been largely successful in responding with alacrity to...
Illustrator: Kirsti Beautyman Lonely in a new town during Hanukkah, Eva finds comfort in her imaginary dragon, Spark. As candles glow and friendships grow, miracles—big and small—bring light to the darkness in this heartwarming...
Ten women.All of them migrants.All of them artists.A singular location: Jerusalem. Anna Ticho is a seasoned Viennese hostess who longs to start painting again, though the desolation of Jerusalem offers little inspiration. Even though...
Translator: Lauren Elkin A quietly powerful exploration of memory and forgetting, from one of France’s leading feminist public intellectuals In 2021, the award‑winning French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight—alone for ten...
Here are the 55 books I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2025. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon; the “on this site”...
A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as Nazi and Japanese spies during WWII and the...
Step into the warm, wonderful world of Boruch… just in time for Chanukah! Join Boruch, Bracha, Milly, and Shmilly — and even a talking menorah and some friendly latkes– in this delightful, rhyme-filled celebration...
Popular representations of history tend to meet the moral demands of the present. Before the social crises of the postwar era began to influence Jews’ thinking and at a time when global antisemitism posed...
Illustrator: Leanne Hatch From Sydney Taylor Award winner and National Jewish Book Award honoree Laurel Snyder comes a warm, reverential, surprising, and fresh story of one very special Hanukkah. In a dark, dark room,one...
The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them From the New York Times bestselling author of The Escape Artist, an extraordinary true story of resistance, heroism and betrayal. When the whole...
