New Jewish Books
Illustrator: Karl West When Skylar and her dads discover they forgot to pack a Hanukkah menorah for their winter vacation, Skylar’s creative thinking saves the celebration with unusual and silly replacements. It’s fun to...
For fans of André Aciman, Omer Friedlander, and Ayelet Tsabari, these twelve stories convey the power, magic, and pain of place—one iconic street in Jerusalem where immigrants young and old struggle to find themselves...
Do you believe humans are inherently benevolent or malevolent? And why do you believe one way or another? Does it even matter what you believe? It probably matters to you as you view the...
Illustrator: Alyssa Russell In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Jewish Book Week, this engaging biography introduces children to the influential librarian and immigrant who originated the event. Fanny Goldstein immigrated to America from...
Psychoanalysis and Religion The Spiritual Resistance of Rabbi Leo Baeck provides an overview of the life of Dr. Leo Baeck (1873–1956), a German-Jewish rabbi, theologian, historian and Holocaust survivor, from a psychoanalytic perspective. Paul Marcus...
Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice Democratic Ideals in Global Perspective The remarkable life of one of the twentieth century’s great warriors for justice, from Nuremberg to the first trial of the...
Illustrator: Isabel Muñoz The true story of Jason Schachter McKinney. Jason has a big voice. He sings everywhere―until a whisper runs through his Jewish day school: Jason is Black. Is he really Jewish? “Can I be...
At eight years old, Gerta Pieters is forced to disguise herself as a boy and sent to work for a genteel Dutch family. When their brilliant and beautiful daughter Maria sees through Gerta’s ruse,...
Freud Against God traces the development of Freud’s atheism, from his youth through to Moses and Monotheism, published in 1939. Christfried Toegel takes a largely chronological approach, tracing how biographical developments in Freud’s life...
Illustrator: Elisa Vavouri Rain in the morning makes Kai say, “That’s not what I want!” After school, he wants to read stories with Bubbe, but she isn’t there. “That’s not what I want!” says...
