Rimon for Shira by Galia Sabbag
Erin Taylor (Illustrator) Happy Rosh Hashanah! Hebrew words like: Shabbat, Torah, shalom or Mazal-tov are part of our Jewish and everyday lingo. When Shira learned about the RIMON for Rosh Hashanah at school, the...
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The Worlds We Think We Know by Dalia Rosenfeld
Fiercely funny and entirely original, this debut collection of stories takes readers from the United States to Israel—and back—to examine the mystifying reaches of our own minds and hearts. The characters of The Worlds...
High Holidays & More: An Interactive Guide for Kids: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
by Sarah Mazor (Author), Ari Mazor (Editor) During Tishrei, the first month of the Jewish Calendar, Jews celebrate four holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, each with its unique rituals,...
Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court, from Brandeis to Kagan by David G. Dalin
Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court examines the lives, legal careers, and legacies of the eight Jews who have served or who currently serve as justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Louis D. Brandeis,...
Ceremony & Celebration: Introduction to the Holidays by Jonathan Sacks
When did Rosh HaShana, the anniversary of creation, become a day of judge¬ment? How does Yom Kippur unite the priest’s atonement with the prophet’s repentance? What makes Kohelet, read on Sukkot, the most joyful...
Heretics by Leonardo Padura
Translator: Anna Kushner In 1939, the Saint Louis sails from Hamburg into Havana’s port with hundreds of Jewish refugees seeking asylum from the Nazi regime. From the docks, nine-year-old Daniel Kaminsky watches as the...
Munich 1919: Diary of a Revolution by Victor Klemperer
Munich 1919 is a vivid portrayal of the chaos that followed World War I and the collapse of the Munich Council Republic by one of the most perceptive chroniclers of German history. Victor Klemperer...
Talmudic Transgressions; Engaging the Work of Daniel Boyarin
Edited by Charlotte E. Fonrobert, Ishay Rosen-Zvi, Aharon Shemesh, Moulie Vidas, in collaboration with James Redfield Talmudic Transgressions is a collection of essays on rabbinic literature and related fields in response to the boundary-pushing...
The Greatest Ten by Janice Surlin
Illustrated by Rivka Krinsky We cannot start too early teaching the Ten Commandments to children in ways that are meaningful and memorable, according to age appropriate understanding. The “Greatest Ten,” written in verse and...
Rebuilt from Broken Glass: A German Jewish Life Remade in America by Fred Behrend
Symbolized by a three-hundred-year-old Seder plate, the religious life of Fred Behrend’s family had centered largely around Passover and the tale of the Jewish people’s exodus from tyranny. When the Nazis came to power,...
