Dybbuk Americana by Joshua Gottlieb-Miller
“How can I teach a prayer / I only know how to recite?” “America, whose death / didn’t you come from?” These are some of the questions that poet Joshua Gottlieb-Miller wrestles with in...
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Ben Hecht’s Jewish Theatre of Protest by Garrett Eisler
Ben Hecht is most remembered as a famous Hollywood screenwriter and Broadway playwright, but only recently has his extensive Jewish activism during the Holocaust and its aftermath received scholarly attention. Unlike other, more expansive...
So We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania by Levi Shalit
Translator: Ellen Cassedy A powerful eyewitness account of the Shavl ghetto in Nazi-occupied Lithuania So We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania (Azoy zaynen mir geshtorbn) is...
It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change by Ron Wyden
In this inspirational call to action, a senior U.S. politician reveals how to accomplish goals with a combination of strong allies, persistence, and attention—that is, chutzpah. It Takes Chutzpah is an inspirational call to action...
Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein
From beloved author Hannah Orenstein, this love letter to lake life is “the Parent Trap for adults,” the story of two half-sisters who meet for the first time at their father’s cabin in Maine...
The Story of Your Obstinate Survival by Daniel Khalastchi
Daniel Khalastchi boldly strides across a landscape of smoldering fires, unmarked boxes, and pictures of senators in airplane bathrooms. Exhilarating and innovative, The Story of Your Obstinate Survival collapses genre and upends narrative convention...
The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History by Nir Arielli
A human history of one of the planet’s most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shores The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed...
This Darkness Will Never End by Edith Bruck
Translator: Jeanne Bonner The stunning short story collection—available in English for the first time—that established Edith Bruck as a major figure in Italian literature. This Darkness Will Never End, the first short story collection...
Glass Century by Ross Barkan
It’s 1973 and Mona Glass is a 24-year-old amateur tennis star in a long-running affair with Saul Plotz, her former college professor. Her parents like Saul and desperately want the free-spirited Mona to marry....
Kapusta: Vegetable-Forward Recipes from Eastern Europe by Alissa Timoshkina
A culinary journey across Eastern Europe, Kapusta celebrates the humble vegetables that have shaped some of the most vibrant culinary traditions in the world. Focusing on five key vegetables to the region – cabbage,...
