The Passover Surprise by Janet Ruth Heller
Ronald Kauffman (Illustrator)Lisa and her little brother Jon enjoy collecting stamps. But when their father holds a contest to decide which child will get a new large stamp album, Lisa has to solve a...
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1915 Diary of S. A. An-sky: A Russian Jewish Writer at the Eastern Front by S. A. An-sky
S. An-sky was by the time of the First World War a well-known writer, a longtime revolutionary, and an ethnographer who pioneered the collection of Jewish folklore in Russia’s Pale of Settlement. In 1915,...
Modern Orthodoxy in American Judaism: The Era of Rabbi Leo Jung by Maxine Jacobson
This book presents the issues and challenges of Modern Orthodox Judaism in America from the 1920s to the 1960s and discusses the economic, social, and political influences that impacted on its development. This is...
April 2016 Jewish Book Carnival
The April Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Heidi Estrin, at The Book of Life. You can see the Carnival here http://www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-jewish-book-carnival-april-2016.html....
Passover Haggadah: A Celebration of Freedom by Nin Sharyn Bebeau
This little booklet will guide you through a simple joyful ritual. It celebrates the holiday of Passover from the perspective of one unified planet struggling to be free in the twenty-first century.
Passover: Festival of Freedom by Monique Polak
During Passover, Jews are reminded of how, more than three thousand years ago, their ancestors emerged from slavery to become free men and women. Bestselling author Monique Polak explores her own Jewish roots as...
The New Mediterranean Jewish Table: Old World Recipes for the Modern Home by Joyce Goldstein
For thousands of years, the people of the Jewish Diaspora have carried their culinary traditions and kosher laws throughout the world. In the United States, this has resulted primarily in an Ashkenazi table of...
The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Bible by Chanan Tigay
In the summer of 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira–archaeological treasure hunter, inveterate social climber, and denizen of Jerusalem’s bustling marketplace–arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world’s oldest Bible scroll. Written centuries earlier...
Passover Haggadah The Original Tradition of the Jews of Yemen by Chaim Ben-Tsur
This book, Passover Haggadah – The Original Tradition of the Jews of Yemen, is the only Yemenite Haggadah with English translation and has special features: – Hebrew and English text, side by side –...
Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power by Neal Gabler
Barbra Streisand has been called the “most successful…talented performer of her generation” by Vanity Fair, and her voice, said pianist Glenn Gould, is “one of the natural wonders of the age.” Streisand scaled the...
