The Spy with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
Siblings Ilse and Wolf hide a deep secret in their blood: with it, they can work magic. And the government just found out. Blackmailed into service during World War II, Ilse lends her magic...
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The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective by Joy Ladin
Reading some of the best-known Torah stories through the lens of transgender experience, Joy Ladin explores fundamental questions about how religious texts, traditions, and the understanding of God can be enriched by transgender perspectives,...
Tradition by the Lake: A Historical Outline of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El by Morton M. Steinberg
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, this history details the founding and growth of one of the leading Conservative congregations in the United States. From parlor meetings in...
We Want Mashgiach Now!: Tales From A Kosher Cop by Allan Lieberman
We Want Mashgiach Now: Tales of a Kosher Cop is a very funny and informative look into the Author’s personal experiences as a Mashgiach. Literally a Supervisor, a Mashgiach is in reality a Kosher...
Bubbe’s Got the Beat by Judy Press
Illustrator: Mary Hall Walkin’ with my family, Lookin’ mighty neat, Gonna see my bubbe, She’s got the beat! Join in the fun as a kid and his bubbe prepare for Shabbat!
A Valley of Vision: The Heavenly Journey of Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel by David B. Ruderman
Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel 1553-c.1624) composed his Hebrew work Gei Hizzayon (A Valley of Vision) in Italy at the end of the sixteenth century. This striking text, so different from the other writings of...
Good Heart by Alan Newman
Good Heart interweaves the stories of a Jewish family and a Christian family over three generations. Bobby Langford and Danny Baranson lead classic American childhoods together in small-town Indiana in the 1960s and 70s....
Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories That Shaped Early Judaism By Malka Z. Simkovich
Exploring the world of the Second Temple period (539 BCE–70 CE), in particular the vastly diverse stories, commentaries, and other documents written by Jews during the last three centuries of this period, Malka Z....
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape...
Wrestling With Angels: A Study of the Relationship Between Angels and Humans in Ancient Jewish Literature and the New Testament by Kevin Sullivan
This monograph explores the relationship between angels and humans during the late Second Temple and early Christian period (200BCE-100CE). The issue of the similarity of appearance between humans and angels is considered in the...
