Mazeltov by Eli Zuzovsky
In a glorious debut, a boy confronts queer lust, shame, the threat of war, and the plague of family on the day he becomes a man At a banquet hall, at the onset of...
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Baila the Klopper by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod
Illustrator: Shirley Waisman Every morning, Baila klops (Yiddish for “bangs”) on all the village doors to wake people up so they get to synagogue on time. At each house she sings, “Get up! It’s early, but...
Mixed-Up Mooncakes by Christina Matula and Erica Lyons
Illustrator: Tracy Subisak This beautiful tribute to fall festivals—Mid-Autumn Festival and Sukkot—celebrates family, multicultural heritage, and the bounty of the season. Give this to readers who love Two New Years and The Very Best Sukkah. It’s time...
Songs for the Brokenhearted by Ayelet Tsabari
A young Yemeni Israeli woman learns of her mother’s secret romance in a dramatic journey through lost family stories, revealing the unbreakable bond between a mother and a daughter—the debut novel of an award-winning...
It Takes Two to Torah by Abigail Pogrebin, Dov Linzer
An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way Through the Five Books of Moses It Takes Two to Torah is not just an education, it’s an invitation – to join the oldest...
Don’t Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino
In 1960, a young woman discovers a freedom she never knew existed in this exhilarating, funny, and emotional novel by the bestselling author of She’s Up to No Good. When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making...
Olive Days by Jessica Elisheva Emerson
A smoldering debut novel about a young mother in an Orthodox Jewish community of Los Angeles whose quest for authenticity erupts in a passionate affair following a night of wife swapping Rina Kirsch is...
Space Torah: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman’s Cosmic Mitzvah by Rachelle Burk
Illustrator: Craig Orback As a child, Jeff’s head was often in the clouds. As an astronaut, he journeyed far beyond them. On his final mission, Jeff brought a miniature Torah into orbit for an...
The Concealment of Endless Light by Yehoshua November
The third poetry collection from Yehoshua November, whose previous books have been finalists for The National Jewish Book Award, The Paterson Poetry Prize, and The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, extends the marriage of...
Next Stop by Benjamin Resnick
For readers of Leave the World Behind and Exit West, an astonishingly resonant novel that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through one family after a black hole consumes the State of Israel and similar strange...
