New feature: top 5 books
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...
Jewish Book World Blog
More Than Enough: A Passover Story by April Halprin Wayland
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,...
Honorable Mentschen: A Torah-Based Guide to Derech Eretz and Social Skills by Genendel Krohn
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...
Antisemitism in North America; New World, Old Hate
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...
Small San Francisco publisher nurtures Jewish sci-fi tradition
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...
Memoirs of a Jewish Vampire: 6,000 Years of Kvetching by Russell Andresen
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...
Knowing God’s Plan (Daas Tevunos): The Precise System Through Which G-d Directs Every Aspect of Existence by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
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...
Books posted in March 2016
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...
The Nazis took everything from my mother’s family. What good would reparations do?
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...
Watch Out for Flying Kids! by Cynthia Levinson
How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community The author of We’ve Got a Job explores the world of social circus-a movement that brings kids from different worlds together...
