New Jewish Books
Immediately after World War II, there was little discussion of the Holocaust, but today the word has grown into a potent political and moral symbol, recognized by all. In Holocaust: An American Understanding, renowned...
Two women’s lives collide when a priceless Russian artifact comes to light. Tanya Kagan, a rising specialist in Russian art at a top New York auction house, is trying to entice Russia’s wealthy oligarchs...
There may be no loss as devastating as losing one’s child. Who then could fault the Jacobsons, overwhelmed by anguish, for accepting the help of a scientific cabal promising to clone their son Joey?...
Modern Orthodox Judaism offers an extensive selection of primary texts documenting the Orthodox encounter with American Judaism that led to the emergence of the Modern Orthodox movement. Many texts in this volume are drawn...
An epic romance retrieves from oblivion the lost story of the Holocaust of North African Jews Silvana Haggiag is a brilliant and beautiful young woman in her early twenties, dismissive of the patriarchal norms...
Containing nearly 50,000 entries and 33,000 subentries, the Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary emphasizes Yiddish as a living language that is spoken in many parts of the world. The late Mordkhe Schaechter collected and researched spoken...
Two decades after the Civil War, Josephine Marcus, the teenage daughter of Jewish immigrants, is lured west with the promise of marriage to Johnny Behan, one of Arizona’s famous lawmen. She leaves her San...
The July Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Book Q&A’s with Deborah Kalb. You can see the Carnival at http://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2016/07/jewish-book-carnival-for-july-2016.html. You’ll find...
By Dara Horn, Norman Podhoretz, Rick Richman , Jonathan Sarna, Meir Soloveichik To what extent was the American Revolution an achievement of Judaism? How did Zionism win over American Jews? Is there an American...
The hilarious behind-the-scenes story of two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld—the cultural sensation that changed television and bled into the real world, altering the lives of everyone it touched....
