A Time to Gather by Bruce Feiler
How Ritual Created the World — and How It Can Save Us One of our great decoders of human connection chronicles the astonishing rise of new rituals around the world—and offers a road map for restoring...
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Dickens in Brooklyn: Essays on Family, Writing, and Madness by Jay Neugeboren
Dickens in Brooklyn is a virtuoso collection of unusual, compelling essays in which critically acclaimed and award-winning author Jay Neugeboren explores experiences that have been central to his life: caring long-term for a brother...
Soon by You by Dahlia Adler
27 Dresses meets The Intimacy Experiment in this sexy, emotional, opposites-attract rom-com set in New York City’s Modern Orthodox community. Arielle Becker is one hora away from a meltdown. After one too many bridesmaid gigs―complete with Spanx,...
Golden Threads by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
Hagar Ophir (Illustrator), Haitham Haddad (Designer) A beautifully illustrated tale of traditional crafts and communal power. Rachelle is a young girl living in Fès, Morocco in 1920. Surrounded by a warm community of friends,...
Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv‑y Recipes by Adeena Sussman
New York Times bestselling cookbook author Adeena Sussman offers a quick and easy (“zariz”) approach to Israeli-inspired home cooking with satisfying recipes for every day. For Adeena Sussman, the kitchen is an island of calm:...
The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story by Daniel Nayeri
Winner of the National Book Award • Named Amazon’s #1 Children’s Book of 2025 In the shadow of World War II, two orphaned siblings embark on a perilous journey across the mountains of Iran―where survival...
Odessa by Gabrielle Sher
In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave. Yetta is a bright, quick teenage girl with a...
How To Be a Dissident by Gal Beckerman
An invigorating guide to fighting back—part philosophy, part history, and part manual for living with integrity in an age of conformity and authoritarian drift How do we push back in a world where political...
Modern Architecture and Gender in Pre-State Israel by Sigal Davidi
This book is a historical and cultural study of the work of the Jewish women architects who flourished in Palestine under the British Mandate (1920-1948). This comprehensive study adds a new chapter to the...
Porcupines by Fran Fabriczki
A fresh and witty debut about a young immigrant mother and her increasingly inquisitive daughter, who wakes up one day and decides to find out who her father is. Sonia is a Hungarian immigrant...
