The Kiddush Cup by Yaffa Liebermann
Tamar Brooks (Editor), Katie Sokolowski (Illustrator) The Kiddush Cup is a story of a young girl fleeing Poland alone in 1939 with nothing but a kiddush cup to remind her of her childhood. The...
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Red Rock Baby Candy by Shira Spector
Shira Spector, whose drawing is visceral, symbolic and naturalistic, literally paints a vivid portrait of the most eventful 10 years of her life, encompassing her tenacious struggle to get pregnant, the emotional turmoil of...
The Plum Trees by Victoria Shorr
Consie is home for a funeral when she stumbles upon a family letter sent from Germany in 1945, which contains staggering news: Consie’s great-uncle Hermann, who was transported to Auschwitz with his wife and...
Seventy Conversations In Transit – with HaGaon HaRav Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l by Aaron Adler
This work is a compilation of seventy edited conversations conducted between our great Rebbe, HaGaon HaRav Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l (1903-1993) and me predominantly while in transit.
Changing Perspectives: Black-Jewish Relations in Houston during the Civil Rights Era by Allison E Schottenstein
Changing Perspectives charts the pivotal period in Houston’s history when Jewish and Black leadership eventually came together to work for positive change. This is a story of two communities, both of which struggled to...
When Near Becomes Far: Old Age in Rabbinic Literature by Mira Balberg, Haim Weiss
When Near Becomes Far explores the representations and depictions of old age in the rabbinic Jewish literature of late antiquity (150-600 CE). Through close literary readings and cultural analysis, the book reveals the gaps...
Lenny and Benny by Naama Benziman
Lenny lives on the edge of the forest. He spends his days tending his roses, drinking cocoa and practicing for jumping competitions. He can jump further than anyone in the forest; not even the...
Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism by S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah
Brill’s Series in Jewish Studies Baghdadi Jewish Networks in the Age of Nationalism traces the participation of Baghdadi Jews in Jewish transnational networks from the mid-nineteenth century until the mass exodus of Jews from...
If Anyone Calls, Tell Them I Died by Emanuel Rosen
The Holocaust and its aftermath were not often discussed in families of second-generation survivors. In Tel Aviv of the 1960s, Emanuel Rosen grew up hearing the staccato of his mother’s typewriter, but had no...
Last One Home by Shari J. Ryan
Piercing sirens led to cries for help. The pungent scents of burning oil would be seared into our memories forever, and the meaning behind loss was incomprehensible on that infamous day in history. Twenty-year-old...
