Jewish Publication Society: Simchat Torah book savings!
From a JPS email: Save 30% on a selection of books in honor of Simchat Torah. Visit our Simchat Torah sale page for more information. To receive your discount, enter the code 6ST5 in...
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Shanghai Sukkah by Heidi Smith Hyde
Illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong. Fleeing the Holocaust in Europe, Marcus moves with his family from Berlin to Shanghai, where he doubts this unfamiliar city will ever feel like home. But with help from...
Underground in Berlin by Marie Jalowicz Simon
In 1941, Marie Jalowicz Simon, a nineteen-year-old Berliner, made an extraordinary decision. All around her, Jews were being rounded up for deportation, forced labor, and extermination. Marie took off her yellow star, turned her...
Saving Sophie by Ronald H. Balson
Jack Sommers was just an ordinary accountant from Chicago. That is, until his wife passed away, his young daughter was kidnapped, and he became the main suspect in an $88 million dollar embezzlement case....
The Mental Yentl: Stories from a Lifelong Student of Crazy by Sally Fingerett
These hilarious and heartwarming tales come from a free-spirited musician who spent twenty-five years touring with the highly acclaimed musical comedy troupe, The Four B**chin’ Babes. This “student of crazy” celebrates her own personal...
Let There Be Water by Seth M. Siegel
Life-Saving Lessons from Israel for a Water-Deprived World As every day brings urgent reports of growing water shortages around the world, there is no time to lose in the search for solutions.The U.S. government...
Jewish LearningWorks’ 4th Annual ONE BAY ONE BOOK: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
One Bay One Book is: A yearlong conversation reaching Bay Area adults through opportunities for lively Jewish learning. Stimulated by a selected book and its themes, the program connecting readers through discussions, events, and...
Un bon fils (A Good Son) by Pascal Bruckner
My Father, the Anti-Semite Pascal Bruckner, the French writer and New Philosopher, on his new book, his family’s Nazi sympathies, the rise of hatred in Europe, and the crisis of radical Islam “Your father...
Out of Jordan: A Sabra in the Peace Corps Tells Her Story by Dalya Cohen-Mor
A good memoir is a survivor’s tale—the story of a person who has faced obstacles and made it through well enough to tell it. Dalya Cohen-Mor, a Sabra-born American woman, volunteered to serve in...
Sisters in Law by Linda Hirshman
How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World The relationship between Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—Republican and Democrat, Christian and Jew, western rancher’s...
