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Car­ole King: She Made the Earth Move by Jane Eis­ner

Car­ole King: She Made the Earth Move by Jane Eis­ner

Jane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music Carole King’s extraordinary career has defined American popular music for more than half...

Scandinavian Jewry 1911–1955 by Seth Jacobson

Scandinavian Jewry 1911–1955 by Seth Jacobson

In the Footsteps of Rabbi A. I. Jacobson Through Turbulent Times Abraham Israel Jacobson’s biography (1888–1955) spans a transformative period in Jewish history, from Ottoman Palestine to post-Holocaust Europe. Following his Yeshiva studies in Eretz...

A Place Called Galveston by Andrea Shapiro

A Place Called Galveston by Andrea Shapiro

Illustrator: Valerya Milovanova Highlighting an underrepresented part of Jewish-American history, this poetic non-fiction picture book tells the collective stories of the immigrants who came through the port of Galveston, Texas in prose to captivate...

Dog by Yishay Ishi Ron

Dog by Yishay Ishi Ron

Translator: Yardenne Greenspan A Combat Officer and a Dog Find Each Other in the Shadows of Trauma and Addiction Dog is a haunting and unflinching exploration of PTSD, addiction, and redemption, told through the...

Banana Menorah by Lee Wind

Banana Menorah by Lee Wind

Illustrator: Karl West When Skylar and her dads discover they forgot to pack a Hanukkah menorah for their winter vacation, Skylar’s creative thinking saves the celebration with unusual and silly replacements. It’s fun to...