New Jewish Books
The untold story of the first-generation Jewish American toymakers who literally manufactured “the century of the child.” In 1902, Morris and Rose Michtom invented the Teddy Bear―bound by clothing scraps, stuffed with sawdust, and...
Based on a True Story of Survival During the Holocaust Illustrators: Elisa Kleven, Diane Dove A Time to Hide captures a powerful true story of Holocaust survival, told through personal testimony, historical photographs, and evocative...
From the author of Confessions of the Fox comes a novel in which a yenta on her deathbed gives an unrepentant account of all her failures—including her child. In a cluttered rent-controlled apartment in the middle...
The highly anticipated biography of one of the world’s most treasured literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted. To know the name Judy Blume is to know...
A brilliant and engaging biography of one of the great modern Jewish thinkers. Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) was one of the central figures of the Jewish cultural and intellectual renaissance in Weimar Germany. His masterwork, The Star...
A Family, the Holocaust, and the Founding of a Museum Editor: Joy E. Stocke Intimate in voice and sweeping in historical reach, Was It Just a Matter of Luck? bears witness to the endurance of memory...
A commentary on the Pesach Haggadah The night of the Pesach Seder is not only when we commemorate our national journey from servitude to salvation; it is an auspicious moment on the personal level...
The Journalist, the Jew and an Argument About Identity Tim Franks spent years as the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent covering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. During that time, he was attacked as a...
A revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth century’s most beloved theatrical composers Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021) was a towering figure in American musical theater. Celebrated for such iconic Broadway...
An astonishing account of life under a murderous regime amid a great city’s descent into utter annihilation In 1939, when Ian Buruma’s epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and...
