The 43 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February 2024
Here is the list of the 43 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in February 2024. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
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A Kid Grows in Brooklyn: Memories of a Magical Time by Art Shulman
Step into a world filled with the magical kidhood and enchanting charm of Brooklyn through the eyes of Art Shulman in his captivating memoir, “A Kid Grows in Brooklyn.” This isn’t just any memoir...
Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt: The War Years, 1939 – 1945 by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Translator: David Stromberg Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Writings On Yiddish and Yiddishkayt, The War Years, 1939-1945 is the first major effort to fill the gap between the Nobel laureate’s Yiddish and English oeuvre. David Stromberg,...
P Is for Pastrami: The ABCs of Jewish Food by Alan Silberberg
Eat the alphabet with all of these delicious Jewish foods! From apples and honey all the way to zhug, Alan Silberberg brings his signature wacky humor to this alphabet of Jewish food. It’s perfect...
Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America by Rafael Medoff
Foreword: Mark ZaidIllustrator: Dean Motter A compelling nonfiction graphic novel, Whistleblowers is the true story of four courageous individuals who risked their careers—or their lives—to confront the unfolding Holocaust. Who were the whistleblowers? Acclaimed author Dr....
101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel by Raquel Ukeles, Hezi Amiur, Yoel Finkelman, Stefan Litt, Samuel Thrope
The National Library of Israel is one of the country’s most beloved cultural institutions. To celebrate the opening of its new building, the Library’s curators and collections experts selected 101 of the most precious...
Where Is Poppy? by Caroline Kusin Pritchar
Illustrator: Dana Wulfekotte In this heartwarming Passover story, a young Jewish child learns to work through grief with the help of family, memory, and tradition. It’s Passover time and everything seems the same, but...
The Bridesman by Savyon Liebrecht
Translator: Gilah Kahn-Hoffman From one of the most important voices in contemporary Hebrew literature, the gripping story of a reunion between two family members that brings back a long-forgotten past and reveals secrets that...
Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair by Maurice Samuels
Jewish Lives An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s cries of...
Is It Night or Day?: A True Story of a Jewish Child Fleeing the Holocaust by Fern Schumer Chapman
How could we leave the only world we had ever known? Parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins-all were holding hands, clinging to one another, as if they’d never let go. A...
