Adam Unrehearsed by Don Futterman
From the moment he’s mugged on the subway home from Bat Day at Yankee Stadium, things go wrong for twelve-year-old Adam Miller. He is in the Special Program for brainy kids, but his new...
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A Beautiful World by Yael Gover
Illustrator: Paul Kor This beautifully written, eye-catching book takes young readers on a journey through the story of creation. With the help of a magic paintbrush, the whole world is formed out of the...
The Holocaust Sites of Europe: An Historical Guide by Martin Winstone
The Holocaust is the gravest crime in recorded history. In order to try and better understand the true significance of the Holocaust, as well as its scale and magnitude, millions of people each year...
Yitzhak’s Escape: The Jewish Flight to Uzbekistan by Sandor M. Lubisch
June 21, 1941 – Adolph Hitler breaks the non-aggression pact with Joseph Stalin and orders the German Army to invade Soviet-controlled Eastern Poland with lightning speed. Teenager Yitzhak Barkan, his family, relatives, and thousands...
Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict by Oren Kessler
A gripping, profoundly human, yet even-handed narrative of the origins of the Middle East conflict, with enduring resonance and relevance for our time. In spring 1936, the Holy Land erupted in a rebellion that...
Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story by Jordan Salama
Inspired by family lore, a young writer embarks on an epic quest through the Argentine Andes in search of a heritage spanning hemispheres and centuries, from the Jewish Levant to turn-of-the-century trade routes in...
The Only Light in London by Lily Graham
A totally unputdownable WW2 story about love and sacrifice She took him in when no one else would. She didn’t expect to fall in love… London 1939. As war casts a dark shadow in...
Afikoman, Where’d You Go?: A Passover Hide-and-Seek Adventure by Rebecca Gardyn Levington
Illustrator: Noa Kelner Help the children find the afikoman during their seder! It’s a rambunctious Passover hide-and-seek story for fans of Where’s Waldo? and The Gingerbread Man. This lively, funny picture book brings to...
The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan
The first adventure in the Mirror Realm Cycle, a Spanish Inquisition-era fantasy trilogy inspired by Jewish folklore, with echoes of Naomi Novik and Katherine Arden. Toba Peres can speak, but not shout; sleep, but...
Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation by Moshe Y. Miller
Jews and Judaism: History and Culture An account of how Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch promulgated an inclusive vision of Judaism in the context of advancing the civic equality of German Jews in the nineteenth...
