New Jewish Books
Please join AJL for a book discussion about the adventurous Jewish historical novel THE WAYWARD MOON by Janice Weizman on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm Pacific Time via call-in show. We’ll...
The year is 854. Rahel, a 17-year-old Jewish girl, is preparing to meet her fiance for the first time. She cannot know that even as she stands observing herself in the mirror, an enemy...
A heartfelt and inspiring personal account of a woman raised as a Lubavitcher Hasid who leaves that world without leaving the family that remains within it. Even as a child, Chaya Deitsch felt that...
Two brothers are admitted to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital with horrific injuries. Their mother, a young American, devoutly recites Psalms at the bedside, refusing to answer any questions. Brought in to investigate, Detective Bina Tzedek...
In the half-Hasidic, half-hipster Montreal neighborhood of Mile End, eleven-year-old Lev Meyer is discovering that there may be a place for Judaism in his life. As he learns about science in his day school,...
A unique collection of all-new stories by award-winning authors. This anthology includes the work of numerous authors such as Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S. J. Rozan, Nancy Richler, Moe Prager (Reed Farrel Coleman), Wendy...
A Poet of the Invisible World is the story of Nouri, a boy born in thirteenth century Persia with four ears instead of two. Orphaned as an infant, he’s taken into a Sufi order,...
Edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes Michael Fishbane is Nathan Cummings Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Trained in biblical studies and the ancient Near...
Essays in Honour of Martin G. Abegg on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday Edited by Kipp Davis, Kyung S. Baek, Peter W. Flint, and Dorothy M. Peters This volume is a collection of...
In the Shadow of Hitler chronicles the experiences of Alabama Jews as they worked to overcome their own divisions in order to aid European Jews before, during, and after the Second World War. In...
