New Jewish Books
Moses Maimonides, a scientist, physician, philosopher, rabbinic scholar, and communal leader, was perhaps the most imposing Jewish figure of the pre-modern age. Yet, more than eight centuries after his death, the meaning of his...
A Psychological Spy Novel About Two Women on Opposite Sides of Deception Translated by Dalit Shmueli What if one impossible decision during a suspenseful mission shattered everything you believed about your past? Set deep...
Illustrated by Pedro Rodríguez The true story of the lifelong friendship between President Harry Truman and salesman Eddie Jacobson and its impact on the founding of Israel. This 48-page early chapter book biography for...
In Zaidy’s Band, Aron Heller chronicles his extensive journey with his grandfather Mickey Heller — his Zaidy — to uncover Mickey’s mysterious wartime past and the untold stories of his Jewish Canadian band of...
Both a love letter to America and a stirring rallying cry for the country to live up to the ideals on which it was founded, this propulsive biography from National Book Award Finalist and...
A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss. Jews vs. Rome is a gripping account of...
Ten women.All of them migrants.All of them artists.A singular location: Jerusalem. Anna Ticho is a seasoned Viennese hostess who longs to start painting again, though the desolation of Jerusalem offers little inspiration. Even though...
Popular representations of history tend to meet the moral demands of the present. Before the social crises of the postwar era began to influence Jews’ thinking and at a time when global antisemitism posed...
Psalome Shipmen is a Dazzler, a hostess working on the gaming floors of The Elysium, the galaxy’s most decadent space casino. But she is also a prisoner to the debt she inherited from her...
For anyone who’s ever gone on terrible date, a vulnerable memoir that explores dating in midlife after divorce, with bad dates—from terrible one-night stands to promising matches who ultimately disappoint—anchoring the theme of every...
