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Eat Small Plates by Ben Siman-Tov, Zik­ki Siman-Tov

Eat Small Plates by Ben Siman-Tov, Zik­ki Siman-Tov

Vibrant, Share­able Dish­es for Dai­ly Joy The dynamic couple behind @BenGingi share their favorite mix-and-match-ready recipes for effortless everyday dining and easy hosting From a serendipitous meeting on a street corner in a tiny...

Twice Born by Hes­ter Kaplan

Twice Born by Hes­ter Kaplan

Find­ing My Father In the Mar­gins of Biography A deeply reflective memoir weaving together the personal story of Hester Kaplan’s acclaimed biographer father and his fraught effect on her artistic development with a rich...

World Ene­my No. 1 by Jochen Hell­beck

World Ene­my No. 1 by Jochen Hell­beck

Nazi Ger­many, Sovi­et Rus­sia, and the Fate of the Jews A major new history that transforms our understanding of World War II—tracing the conflict and its most infamous crime, the Holocaust, to Germany’s implacable...

Amoraim Series 14: Rabbi Asi by Meir Lamberski

Amoraim Series 14: Rabbi Asi by Meir Lamberski

Illustrator: Racheli David Rabbi Asi was an early Amora, born in Bavel, then moved to Eretz Yisrael. A lifelong companion to Rabbi Ammi and a talmid of Rabbi Yochanan, his adventures and teachings are found in both Talmudim and in the Midrashim.

What Would Philip Roth Do? by Matthew Check

What Would Philip Roth Do? by Matthew Check

Not Your Typical Boy-Meets-Girl Boy-Loses-Shiksa Story Welcome to the brain of Matt Check. Here you’ll find thoughts of bluegrass music, unrequited love, modern-day Nazis and uncircumcised penises. “Ugh, smegma,” as he likes to say....

The Per­sian by David McCloskey

The Per­sian by David McCloskey

From former CIA analyst and best-selling author David McCloskey, a novel that takes readers deep into the shadow war between Iran and Israel. Kamran Esfahani, a dentist living out a dreary existence in Stockholm,...