Purim Chicken by Margery Cuyler
Puy Pinillos, illustrator It’s Purim and the animals on the farm are planning their celebration! They decide to sing songs, wear costumes, and put on a play about Queen Esther. It’s fun until Quack...
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Wired for God Adventures of a Jewish Yogi by Dani Antman
When the Judaism of her childhood doesn’t satisfy Dani Antman’s yearning for spiritual awakening, she embarks on a quest for a spiritual path. Dani finds herself immersed in the world of yoga, energy healing,...
Is There a Text in this Cave? Studies in the Textuality of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of George J. Brooke
Edited by Ariel Feldman, Texas University, Maria Cioată, University of Manchester and Charlotte Hempel, University of Birmingham This volume is offered as a tribute to George Brooke to mark his sixty-fifth birthday. It has...
Language of Angels by Richard Michelson
In 1885, few Jews in Israel used the holy language of their ancestors, and Hebrew was in danger of being lost—until Ben Zion and his father got involved. Through the help of his father...
Almost Autumn by Marianne Kaurin
It’s October 1942, in Oslo, Norway. Fifteen-year-old Ilse Stern is waiting to meet boy-next-door Hermann Rod for their first date. She was beginning to think he’d never ask her; she’s had a crush on...
Yaffa and Fatima, Shalom, Salaam by Fawzia Gilani-Williams and Chiara Fedele
Two neighbors one Jewish, one Muslim have always been best friends. When they both fall on hard times, can they find a way to help each other? In Fawzia Gilani’s retelling of this folktale...
The Silly World of Chelm by Zalman Goldstein
After enjoying decades of acclaim in the pages of the acclaimed weekly newspaper, THE JEWISH PRESS, the lovable, side-splitting tales from the legendary town of Chelm have been collected in the world’s first encyclopedia...
Lights of Teshuvah by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook
Translator Yaacov David Shulman Lights of Teshuvah is a new translation of Orot Hateshuvah, the quintessential work of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935), first Chief Rabbi of the Holy Land and one of the...
The Six-Day Hero by Tammar Stein
Motti knows that war is coming. Israel is only nineteen years old the same age as Motti’s brave older brother, Gideonand the tiny country is surrounded by enemies. It’s only a matter of time...
Meant to Be: A Memoir by Marvin Hier
In Meant to Be, Rabbi Hier recounts the events of his dazzling life: the miraculous birth and growth of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Moriah Films, and the Museums of Tolerance; the hunt for the...
