Crushing the Red Flowers by Jennifer Voigt Kaplan
What if the person you are supposed to hate is the one person who can save you? Crushing the Red Flowers is the story of how two ordinary boys cope under the extraordinary circumstances...
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Human Rights Haggadah by Shlomo Levin
The Human Rights Haggadah helps you use the seder to discuss and learn about human rights. The Haggadah contains: -From the Rabbis boxes, which illustrate how human rights ideas are discussed by the rabbis....
The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town by Edward Berenson
On Saturday, September 22, 1928, Barbara Griffiths, age four, strayed into the woods surrounding the upstate village of Massena, New York. Hundreds of people looked everywhere for the child but could not find her....
Palestine Posts: An Eyewitness Account of the Birth of Israel: Based on the letters of Mordecai S. Chertoff by Daniel S. Chertoff
Mordecai Chertoff came to Palestine in 1947 as a twenty-five-year-old, determined to make his contribution to the emerging Jewish state. In vivid and often moving letters to his family Mordecai describes the news of...
Books posted in October 2019
Here is the list of the 38 books that I posted on this site, JewishBookWorld.org in October 2019. The image above contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s...
Explorations Expanded (Bereishit) by Ari D. Kahn
Explore Sefer Bereishit and discover breathtaking layers of originality and profundity. Gain new insights into the stories you thought you knew so well in this new-old compilation of creative yet scholarly essays. Distinguished scholar...
The Jewish Joke: A Short History? with Punchlines by Devorah Baum
Comedy is full of famously funny Jews, from Groucho Marx to Sarah Silverman, from Larry David to Jerry Seinfeld. This smart and funny book includes tales from many of these much-loved comics, and will...
One Night, One Hanukkah Night by Aidel Backman
One night, one light One shining Hanukkah light In the great silver menorah The same menorah that shone in Bubby and Zaidy’s house so long ago now glistens in a modern home. Children sing...
Getting Good at Getting Older by Richard Siegel, Laura Geller
Illustrator: Paul Palnik We transformed society in the 60’s and 70’s, through the civil rights movement, the evolution of feminism, and the sexual revolution. We raised our voices, refused to sit down, and in...
Union Made: Labor Leader Samuel Gompers and his Fight for Workers’ Rights by Norman H. Finkelstein
Born in England, Samuel Gompers grew up watching his father roll cigars, and at 10 years old, started rolling them himself. After immigrating to the United States, Gompers soon discovered his vocation to fight...
