New Jewish Books
Bloodstains in the Snow is A Haunting Tale of Survival. In the heart-wrenching true story Bloodstains in the Snow, Jackie Kusher recounts the traumatic journeys of his parents, Fishel Kuscher and Jelenka Tambor, through...
Letterer: Taylor EspositoIllustrator: Bruno Frenda Two Jewish siblings summon the power of a Golem to fight their way through the fires of the Russian Civil War. Will the monster be their salvation, or hasten...
Houdini’s First Amazing Act Illustrator: Laura Catalán A fun, illustrated story of Harry Houdini’s first trick for young readers. “Julie Carpenter’s inspiring story of Houdini shows how, like him, we can open the locks...
Food from memory and food from home Ellie’s Table is a recipe book rich with storytelling, exploring chef Ellie Bouhadana’s mixed Jewish background through food – from Morocco to the Mediterranean. In her debut...
In August 1942, French parents were faced with a horrible choice: watch their children die, or abandon them forever. Fifty years later, it becomes one woman’s mission to match the abandoned names with the...
Translator: Antonia Lloyd-Jones A Holocaust story as fascinating and compelling as it is terrifying and puzzling—a book about aging and war crimes, pain and pride. In the middle of summer, omnipresent heat radiates as...
In Why Rain Comes From Above: Explorations in Religious Imagination, Devora Steinmetz invites the reader into the imaginative space created by deep engagement with biblical and rabbinic texts. Each of these six poetic and...
A riveting debut novel, based on real events, about a World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to live in the...
This is Rossi’s wild, queer coming-of-age story. Rossi was taught only to aspire to marry a nice Jewish boy and to be a good kosher Jewish girl. At sixteen she flowers into a rebellious...
In the spring of 1973, Melanie Adler desperately wants to be accepted by the Shimmers, the popular kids in her class. But the secret of her mother’s PTSD stands in the way. As hard...
