New Jewish Books
The January Jewish Book Carnival, a monthly roundup of Jewish literary links from across the blogosphere, is being hosted by Barbara Krasner at The Whole Megillah blog at https://thewholemegillah.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/january-2015-jewish-book-carnival/ . You’ll find links to...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The Disappearance of Daniel Klein chronicles the story of a boy magician with mismatched eyes (one blue, one green) who captures the dark interest of a Nazi...
The book at Amazon Most historians of Zionism – from the ‘Jerusalem School’ and its followers, as well as those who call themselves ‘new historians’ – understand the story of Israel’s establishment as a...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The intertwined story lines offer varied approaches to the main themes. However, while the characters’ interactions with each other— the Rebbetzin agreeing to comply with her husband’s...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The introduction to Roz Chast’s memoir, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant, pictures an eight-panel, full-color comic of an aging couple sitting on the sofa beside...
The book at Amazon This intellectual biography describes the personal development and Weltanschauung of Moses from his childhood until his death. It includes interactions with well-known biblical and historical figures and with composite characters...
The New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL-NYMA) will hold its Winter 2015 Conference on Tuesday, January 27th, 10 am – 1:30 pm, at Chabad Lubavitch Library Exhibition Hall,...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle This is Pam Jenoff’s fourth novel and although it is a continuation of the third, Almost Home, it stands alone. Jordan Weiss suddenly resigns from her position...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The body of 92-year-old Jossi Goldberg, Holocaust survivor and American citizen, is found shot to death execution style in his house near Frankfurt. A five-digit number is...
