The 65 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in September 2022
Here is the list of the 65 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in September 2022. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
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G’mar chatima tova! 5783
FYI: The image above is a “Late 19th Century Austro-Hungarian Silver Yom Kippur Belt Buckle”, available here. What is a “Yom Kippur Belt Buckle”? “Traditionally, Orthodox Jewish worshippers have worn a white gown on...
Becoming Ordinary by Michael Fox
A Youth Born of the Holocaust, A Youth Born of the Holocaust, What I Kept, What I Let Go… What is a Jew? A Jew is someone who argues with God whether he believes...
The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda by Shoshana Nambi
Illustrator: Moran Yogev Sukkot is Shoshi’s favorite Jewish holiday. She and her brothers love to decorate their sukkah, the hut where her family will celebrate. But who will win the Ugandan Abayudaya community’s annual...
Mrs. Noah’s Doves by Jane Yolen
Illustrator: Alida Massari Mrs. Noah kept birds. She kept many a variety of birds, ravens and robins, eagles and eiders, cockatoos and crows. But out of all the birds she kept, her favorite were...
Jewish Studies in the Digital Age
Edited by Gerben Zaagsma, Daniel Stökl Ben Ezra, Miriam Rürup, Michelle Margolis, Amalia S. Levi Studies in Digital History and Hermeneutics As in all fields and disciplines of the humanities, Jewish Studies scholars find...
The Betrayal of the Humanities: The University during the Third Reich
Edited by Bernard M. Levinson, Robert P. Ericksen Studies in Antisemitism How did the academy react to the rise, dominance, and ultimate fall of Germany’s Third Reich? Did German professors of the humanities have...
Things to Come and Go by Bette Howland
From the acclaimed author of Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and the memoir W-3, a trio of novellas about three women’s bold exploration of the desire for belonging as it comes into conflict with...
The Man in the Shadows by Alys Clare
A World’s End Bureau Victorian Mystery Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham tackle a puzzling miscarriage of justice and the curious case of a missing child, in the new, gripping World’s End Bureau...
Helmi’s Shadow by David Horgan
A Journey of Survival From Russia to East Asia to the American West Helmi’s Shadow tells the sweeping true story of two Russian Jewish refugees, a mother (Rachel Koskin) and her daughter (Helmi). With...
