New Jewish Books
This erotic tale of jealousy, obsession, and revenge is suffused with the rich flavors and intoxicating scents of Israel’s Mediterranean coast. An unnamed narrator writes a letter to an old college friend, Adam, with...
Odessa, Odessa follows the fates of two sons from a proud lineage of rabbis and cantors in a shtetl near the Black Sea in western Russia. As two brothers emigrate out of Russia to...
Explore the history of the Holocaust, from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly.
This is a short introduction to the history and nature of Jewish mysticism, including an illuminating account of the major developments in Jewish mystical reflection and a chronological anthology of mystical passages.
After losing her family and everything she knew in the Nazi concentration camps, Gerta is finally liberated, only to find herself completely alone. Without her Papa, her music, or even her true identity, she...
At the center of the group was Arnie. He might have been selling real estate for the time being, but he always had his eye on the next thing—Christmas tree farming, perhaps, or uranium...
It’s never too early to begin reading aloud to a child and nurturing a love of books. Based on the classic Peanut Butter and Jelly for Shabbos, this sturdy, take-along board book will introduce...
Hannah Rochel Verbermacher, a Hasidic holy woman known as the Maiden of Ludmir, was born in early-nineteenth-century Russia and became famous as the only woman in the three-hundred-year history of Hasidism to function as...
Illustrator: Mariko Ando Vancouver, 1942. When best friends Esther and Michiko spot beautiful Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret dolls, in vogue at the time, in the local toy-store window, they long to get the...
Editors: Paul Mendes-Flohr, Rachel Livneh-freudenthal, Guy Miron From its modest beginnings in 1818 Berlin, Wissenschaft des Judentums has burgeoned into a scholarly discipline pursued by a vast cadre of scholars. Now constituting a global...
