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REMNANTS and What Remains by Henry Hank Greenspan

REMNANTS and What Remains by Henry Hank Greenspan

Moments from a Life Among Holocaust Survivors Made in Michigan Writer Series This moving collection chronicles the personal and creative journey of Henry Hank Greenspan across five decades of sustained and deepening collaborations with...

The Discovery of Dragons by Leah Cypess

The Discovery of Dragons by Leah Cypess

Illustrator: Sarah Lynne Reul Miriam’s Magical Creature A charming chapter book series about a young Orthodox Jewish girl out to discover the truth about all the magical mysteries in her world, perfect for fans...

Sis­ters of Fortune by Esther Chehe­bar

Sis­ters of Fortune by Esther Chehe­bar

The Cohen sisters are at a crossroads. And not just because the obedient middle sister, Fortune, has secretly started to question her engagement and impending wedding, even as her family scrambles to prepare for...

Wu Wei Eats an Egg: Poems by Lucas Hirsch

Wu Wei Eats an Egg: Poems by Lucas Hirsch

Translator: Donna Spruijt-Metz Jewish Poetry Project Wu Wei Eats an Egg introduces fascinating Dutch poet Lucas Hirsch. Alternatingly enraged at and bemused by the 21st century, with its traps of bourgeois excess, addiction, and...

Hunt­ing in America by Tehi­la Haki­mi

Hunt­ing in America by Tehi­la Haki­mi

Translator: Joan­na Chen An award-winning, thrillingly subversive novel about an Israeli woman who moves to America, takes up hunting, and is drawn into a world of predator, prey, and dark attraction An Israeli woman...

Happy New Years by Maya Arad

Happy New Years by Maya Arad

Translator: Jessica Cohen After emigrating to the United States in the mid-1960s, Leah maintains her connection to Israel by writing an annual letter on the Jewish new year to her old friends from a...

The Feeling of Iron by Giaime Alonge

The Feeling of Iron by Giaime Alonge

Translator: Clarissa Botsford From the horrors of WWII to the spy games of the Cold War: a haunting tale of survival, vengeance, and the enduring shadows of history  Shlomo Libowitz and Anton Epstein, two...