Exodus: A Memoir by Deborah Feldman
In 2009, at the age of twenty-three, Deborah Feldman walked away from the rampant oppression, abuse, and isolation of her Satmar upbringing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to forge a better life for herself and her...
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Grandpa’s Third Drawer: Unlocking Holocaust Memories by Judy Tal Kopelman
Of all the places in the world, Uri really loves to be at his grandparents’ house. There he can stay up way past his bedtime and eat as many sweets from the chocolate box...
Fugitive Colors by Lisa Barr
Now in paperback Fugitive Colors is a historical novel inspired by what the Nazis called Entartete Kunst, or degenerate art, the term they used to describe art they had deemed to be not a...
A Town of Empty Rooms by Karen E. Bender
Author Karen Bender weaves a number of provocative themes into this emotional and timely story set in a small community in North Carolina. Dan and Serena, newly relocated from New York City to a...
Death Had Two Sons by Yael Dayan
A father is forced to choose between two sons, a decision that haunts the family decades later Haim Kalinsky lies in an Israeli hospital, terminal lung cancer about to cut his life short. Across...
April 2015 Jewish Book Carnival
The April Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Anna Levine at Jodie Books at http://jodiebooks.com/jewish-book-carnival/. You’ll find links to Jewish book news,...
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair
Excerpt in Tablet magazine: Carefully I place one foot in front of the other. The floor beneath me sways; the rotten wood creaks and yields under the pressure of each step. It is cold...
Recent Jewish Novels
Bibliography compiled by Gabor Por for the Contemporary Jewish Writing Class at Congregation Beth Ami in April-May 2015 Downloadable/Printable PDF version of this page 2013 and 2014 National Jewish Book Award Winners and Finalists Between...
I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
What is life really like as a Satmar? I Am Forbidden opens the window and then pushes the reader right through the door of the insular Williamsburg, Brooklyn religious community. Anouk Markovits, raised in...
The Book of Conviviality in Exile (Kitāb al-īnās bi-ʾl-jalwa)
The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Saadia Gaon on the Book of Esther Edited, Translated, and Introduced by Michael G. Wechsler, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago This volume presents a critical edition of the Judaeo-Arabic...
