Mighty Micah by Jane Yolen
Illustrator: Steliyana Doneva Micah loved the noise maker, called a gragger, that he used at his family’s Purim party. With it they celebrated the defeat of the wicked Haman, a bully from biblical times...
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Artifice by Sharon Cameron
A dramatic story of duplicity and resistance, betrayal and loyalty, set against the backdrop of World War II, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Light in Hidden Places. Isa de...
The Devash Megillat Esther by Shoshanna Lockshin and Efrayim Unterman
Illustrator: Rivka Tsinman The creators of Hadar’s groundbreaking Devash Parashah Magazine are proud to introduce The Devash Megillat Esther! This beautiful volume includes the full Hebrew Megillah text, an original kid-friendly English translation, and...
The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad
Translator: Jessica Cohen Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises. Ilana is a veteran Hebrew instructor at a Midwestern college who has built her life...
Operation Bethlehem: An Espionage Thriller by Yariv Inbar
Translator: Dalit Shmueli Winner of The 2023 National Jewish Book Awards for Hebrew Fiction in Translation. Discover a rare glimpse into the secret world of Mossad spies and terrorists with Operation Bethlehem, a best-seller...
Books Like Sapphires: From the Library of Congress Judaica Collection by Ann Brener
Illustrated highlights from the Judaica Collection of the Library of Congress. Books Like Sapphires showcases a wide range of Hebraic treasures from the storied collection at the Library of Congress, many of them for the first...
The 70 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in March 2024
Here is the list of the 70 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in March 2024. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Stumbling Stones by Bonnie Suchman
Alice Heppenheimer, born into a prosperous German Jewish family around the turn of the twentieth century, comes of age at a time of growing opportunities for women. So, when she turns 21 years old,...
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni
Translator: Paul Olchváry József Debreczeni, a prolific Hungarian-language journalist and poet, arrived in Auschwitz in 1944; had he been selected to go “left,” his life expectancy would have been approximately forty-five minutes. One of...
The Day The Rains Came by David Wolinsky
As the great Mel Brooks said, “ Humor is just another defense against the universe” — and in these chaotic times, an irreverent and chaotic book like When the Rains Came, will definitely help...
