New Jewish Books
Amusing. Seductive. Stimulating. We’re talking about the Talmud? That’s right. Take fifty actual Talmudic discussions, mix in pithy sayings (appropriate and inappropriate) by luminaries from Mae West and Amy Schumer to George Washington and...
You might have noticed that there is a “Top 5 books from …” section on the side of this site now. Right now it contains the list of books posted on this site in February...
Katie Kath (Illustrator) A family’s Passover celebration is equal parts warmth and charm in this cozy picture book, with the traditional seder song “Dayenu” as the grateful refrain. In this story told in spare,...
Renowned author and veteran teacher Genendel Krohn has created a comic-style book filled with real-life scenarios that illustrate proper and improper behavior. Used on their own or as a springboard for role-playing, these concise...
Edited by Steven K. Baum, Neil J. Kressel, Florette Cohen, and Steven Leonard Jacobs In Antisemitism in North America, the editors have brought together an impressive array of scholars from diverse disciplines and political...
From JWeekly: Had Aldous Huxley needed a publisher as a protagonist in “Brave New World,” he might have invented Jacob Weisman — a playwright’s son and printer’s grandson seemingly bred and conditioned, as in...
Imagine being an immortal and knowing that you had to share your 6,000-year existence with your mother and grandmother. Imagine if you were forced to watch the follies of humanity while causing problems of...
Da’as Tevunos was written by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (RaMCHaL) the author of the Mesilas Yesharim (Path of the Just). It is considered by many to be his most important work. It deals with...
Here is the list of books that made it here during the month of March 2016: Alligator Candy by David Kushner As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner Borrowed Voices: Writing and...
From The Washington Post Margaret McMullan received an NEA fellowship and a Fulbright to research and teach in Hungary for a new book “Where the Angels Lived: One Family’s Story of Exile, Loss, and...
