New Jewish Books
Tablet Magazine made available the first chapter of Sholem Aleichem’s “Moshkeleh Ganev” for the first time in English. Non-Jews called him Moshke. Jews stretched out his name to “Moshkeleh” and then added the nickname ganev,...
In Exile and Otherness: The Ethics of Shinran and Maimonides, Ilana Maymind argues that Shinran (1173–1263), the founder of True Pure Land Buddhism (Jodo Shinshu), and Maimonides (1138–1204), a Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, and physician,...
Translator: Daniel Kennedy Available for the first time in a new English translation, Nomberg’s stories explore modern Jewish life in the growing cosmopolitan city of Warsaw: young intellectuals in pursuit of truth, beauty, and...
Illustrator: Holly Clifton-Brown OK, what new can you provide with yet another book teaching animals’ sounds to young kids? Turns out if you have a few creative ideas even adults can enjoy this kind...
Accompanying an exhibition at Les Enluminures, New York, this scholarly book includes chapters on the art, iconography, and historical context of a remarkable medieval manuscript: a Haggadah with seventy-five watercolor paintings created in the...
‘You showed us all what a fantastic big brother you are!’ As Passover draws near, Eitan is excited about singing the Ma Nishtana – the Four Questions – as he does every year on...
Illustrator: Merrill Rainey An out-of-this-world Passover fantasy! When Asteroid and her parent get stuck in outer space for Passover, Asteroid uses some creative problem solving to plan a Passover seder for herself and her...
This Passover, celebrate both our freedom and the role of nature in the seder and in our lives. From the unassuming matzah that reveals the simplicity of earth, wheat, and water, to the first...
Illustrator: Khoa Le Giving her baby brother a kiss, brave little Miriam places Moses’s basket into the river. With one quick push, she sends him into the water, hoping her wish will come true...
