In Sickness and In Health / Yom Kippur in a Gym by Nora Gold
This flip book is comprised of two novellas: In Sickness and In Health – Lily had epilepsy as a child, so her most cherished goal has always been to be “normal”. By age 45...
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The Last Ships from Hamburg by Steven Ujifusa
Business, Rivalry, and the Race to Save Russia’s Jews on the Eve of World War I A propulsive human drama that chronicles the mass exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe to America in the...
The Rescue Turn and the Politics of Holocaust Memory by Natalia Aleksiun, Zofia Wóycicka, Raphael Utz (Editors)
This volume considers the uses and misuses of the memory of assistance given to Jews during the Holocaust, deliberated in local, national, and transnational contexts. History of this aid has drawn the attention of...
Iconic Jewish Women: Fifty-Nine Inspiring, Courageous, Revolutionary Role Models for Young Girls by Aliza Lavie
The inspiring life stories of fifty-nine remarkable Jewish women from past and present come together to create the perfect gift for young girls on the brink of their teenage years as well as the...
Deepening the Connection: Unlocking the Power of Jewish Guided Meditations in a Captivating Book
Review of ReMind: Building Rocks of Mindfulness with Jewish Stepping Stones by Mara M. Zimmerman I love minimal music–think of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Wim Mertens, Terry Riley, and many others–because the way the...
Absolutely, Positively Natty by Lisa Greenwald
Natty deals with moving after her mom’s departure by pulling a “Ted Lasso” and starting a pep squad in this standalone middle-grade novel about friendship and toxic positivity by the author of TBH and...
Ethics at the Center: Jewish Theory and Practice for Living a Moral Life by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff
Ethics at the Center culls the best of Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff’s pioneering thinking in Jewish ethics over nearly five decades. Dorff shows that our response to moral issues depends ultimately on our conceptions...
The Insider by Harry D. Stern
Book 2 of 2: Bargal-Canaan Series The Insider is a page-turning tale of vengeance and duplicity. An international terror plot targeting New York City becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse with Iran’s...
The Puttermans Are in the House by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman
A heartfelt and hopeful middle grade novel from Jacquetta Nammar Feldman, author of the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Wishing Upon the Same Stars, about family, joy, and growing up in the aftermath...
Eating at God’s Table: How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities by Jody Myers
Foreword: Matt Goldish Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology How do contemporary American Orthodox Jews use food to create boundaries, distinguishing and dividing groups from each other and from non-Orthodox communities? How...
