New Jewish Books
Provocative new readings of biblical texts by major contemporary Jewish writers. Lot’s daughters rebel against their predatory father, Jacob wrestles an angel in a queer underground nightclub, Job arrives in the form of an...
A Woman’s Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939-1943 At the end of 1944, while World War II was still raging, nineteen-year-old Renia Kukielka published her Hebrew language memoir about the Holocaust. The account may well...
Excelsior Editions In an engaging narrative, The Jews of Long Island tells the story of how Jewish communities were established and developed east of New York City, from Great Neck to Greenport and Cedarhurst...
Translator: Richard J. Fein Introduction: Justin Cammy Yiddish writer Avrom Sutzkever (1913–2010) was described by the New York Times as “the greatest poet of the Holocaust.” Born in present-day Belarus, Sutzkever spent his childhood...
