The 33 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in May 2024
Here is the list of the 33 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in May 2024. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
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Here There Is No Why by Philip Graubart
Did Chaim Lerner, acclaimed Israeli author and Holocaust survivor, kill himself in 1983, thirty-eight years after surviving Auschwitz? If so, was it traumatic memories finally catching up to him? Or despair over Holocaust denialism?...
The Concealment of Endless Light by Yehoshua November
The third poetry collection from Yehoshua November, whose previous books have been finalists for The National Jewish Book Award, The Paterson Poetry Prize, and The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, extends the marriage of...
Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism by Rachel Shabi
As claims of antisemitism continue to distort our politics at home and abroad, it has become almost impossible to talk about constructively, even in private. Instead, we find ourselves in a storm of misinformation,...
When The Hunted Hunt by Lorraine Dixon
In When the Hunted Hunt, Ada, a young Jewish wife and mother, endures unimaginable horrors in two concentration camps during the Holocaust. Torn from her husband and children, she loses everything—family, friends, and hope....
Klezmer Book by Avrahm Galper
42 Klezmer Favorites for Clarinet and B-Flat Instruments A great addition to the Avrahm Galper Clarinet Series, here Avrahm presents 42 fantastic Klezmer tunes to add to your repertoire. All arranged for clarinet and...
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick
For readers of Leave the World Behind and Exit West, an astonishingly resonant novel that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through one family after a black hole consumes the State of Israel and similar strange...
The Other by Jeff Markowitz
For Abe Dubinski and his family, life on the canal is both peaceful and productive. Employed as a lock tender, Abe is responsible for the safe passage of barges carrying anthracite from Pennsylvania to...
No Road Leading Back by Chris Heath
An Improbable Escape from the Nazis in a Place Called Ponar, and the Tangled Way We Tell the Story of the Holocaust This by turns shattering and hope-giving account of prisoners who dug their...
A Light In The Darkness by Aaron Zevy
Illustrator: Susan Tebbutt Josh and Willy are next door neighbours and best friends. They play basketball, rent scary movies, and goof around. When a rock is thrown through the window of Josh’s house while...
