New Jewish Books
When I learned about “B is for Bagel” by Rachel Teichman, the idea of cookbooks for children hit me like a novel notion. Then I remembered that three decades ago I received a “Superheroes’...
The Star and the Shamrock Berlin, 1944 Ariella Bannon is being hunted. Someone is determined to betray her as a Jew, but she has survived against incredible odds, and the end is in sight....
Illustrator: Iacopo Bruno Author Megan Hoyt and illustrator Iacopo Bruno bring to light the inspiring, true story of Gino Bartali, a beloved Italian cyclist and secret champion in the fight for Jewish lives during...
In 2015, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin warned that the country’s citizens were dividing into tribes: by class and ethnicity, by geography, and along lines of faith. In Twelve Tribes, award-winning author Ethan Michaeli portrays...
In this important breakthrough work, Yossi Shain takes us on a sweeping and surprising journey through the history of the Jewish people, from the destruction of the First Temple in the sixth century B.C.E....
Translator: Sandra Smith “This story has haunted me since I was a child,” begins Anne Sinclair in a personal journey to find answers about her own life and about her grandfather’s, Léonce Schwartz. What...
Illustrator: Kris Graves Lighting all the Hanukkah candles is an important job, and it only gets bigger every night. Will the shamash-helper candle melt under pressure? A heart-warming, illustrated story of faith and courage...
A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual lives You swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away...
Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature This volume of eight essays written by French scholars analyzes Daniel Mendelsohn’s first three volumes of nonfiction (The Elusive Embrace, 1999; The Lost, 2006; and An Odyssey, 2017) and...
One of the most remarkable things about the Jewish people over the last several thousand years has been their creativity in many fields, especially in science. They have also been impressive in their participation...
