New Jewish Books
Illustrator: Sara Ugolotti Raquela yearns to celebrate a Passover seder, but Inquisition-era Spain is a time when Jews must hide their religion. Under the rising moon, her clever papa, the best fisherman in town,...
What I Saw in My Seven-and-a-Half-Year Journey through the Talmud A literary critic’s journey through the Talmud. Spurred by a curiosity about Daf Yomi—a study program launched in the 1920s in which Jews around...
A Torah Time Travel Book Illustrator: C.B Decker Max and his new friend Emma time-travel to see Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea. Together they learn some important lessons about faith, courage,...
How Jews Made the Art World Modern The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder. Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has become...
Excelsior Editions In an engaging narrative, The Jews of Long Island tells the story of how Jewish communities were established and developed east of New York City, from Great Neck to Greenport and Cedarhurst...
Here are the top 5 most popular/visited books from the 52 books I added in January 2022. (Based on the number of times these books’ pages were visited in February 2022, the first month...
Illustrator: Carolina Farías Reuse, recycle, renew, and rethink! Climb aboard the Topsy-Turvy Bus with Maddy and Jake as it travels around the country teaching communities the importance of taking care of the earth and...
Uncovering My Father’s Holocaust Secrets What if you uncovered a Nazi paper trail that revealed your father to be a man very different from the quiet, introspective dad you knew . . . or...
Music and the Early Modern Imagination Musical culture in Jewish communities in early modern Italy was much more diverse than researchers originally thought. An interdisciplinary reassessment, Music and Jewish Culture in Early Modern Italy...
Here is a wonderful, innovative blend of pertinent, easy-to-read, practical halachah embellished by insightful lessons from Gedolim, Food for Thought; fascinating factual asides; full-color, step-by-step guides to Megillah & Menorah; plus – the whole...
