33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen
An outstanding debut novel—a love story, mystery, and philosophical puzzle, told in the singular voices of the residents of a Beaux Arts apartment house in Belgium during World War II. On the eve of...
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D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. by Abby White
WHERE: Middle Woods, Briar, OhioVICTIM: Rachel SimonHERO: D.J. RosenblumVILLAINS: ??? It’s the beginning of the school year—and Briar’s newest resident, D.J. Rosenblum, is not here for it. Ever since her cousin Rachel died, D.J.’s...
When We’re Born We Forget Everything by Alicia Jo Rabins
From the creator of the internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter project Girls in Trouble, a memoir following her journey from a secular Jewish childhood to becoming a modern queer woman owning ancient teachings and finding her...
Shabbat in a Nest by Chris Barash
Yanni is a lucky little owl who loves celebrating Shabbat with his family in their warm, cozy nest. He and his whole family sing, eat, and play together until it’s time to say goodbye...
Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout
Fight hate. Make art. In 1943 Amsterdam, Emma Bergsma’s world changes when she witnesses Jewish families being forcibly deported to concentration camps. That pivotal moment lights a fire within her, and she decides to...
Megillat Esther: The Graphic Tale by JT Waldman
The magisterial graphic novel of the Book of Esther, now back in an enhanced edition. For more than twenty years, JT Waldman’s Megillat Esther has remained the gold standard for what an illustrated book...
On Both Sides of the Wall by Vladka Meed
A Resistance Fighter’s Firsthand Account of the Warsaw Ghetto Introduction by Elie WieselAfterword by Judy BatalionTranslated by: Steven D. Meed The essential new edition of one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust...
The Bagel Who Wanted Everything by Alan Silberberg
The Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast series meets The Food Group books in this tale of a plain bagel who dreams of being more! Hey. I’m a bagel who is just one thing:...
The World Between by Zeeva Bukai
A follow up to her National Jewish Book Award-winning debut novel, in the aftermath of the breakup of her marriage, a once famous actress of the Yiddish theater travels to Tel-Aviv to revisit the...
The Henna Helper by Tami Lehman-Wilzig
Illustrated by Yinon Ptahia From award-winning author, Tami Lehman-Wilzig, comes a new picture book highlighting the Yemenite pre-wedding ceremony of Henna. Deep in Tel Aviv’s Yemenite Quarter, the small houses on Yom Tov Street...
