Marvin by Ian David Marsden
As only the second person in history to be awarded the PEGOT (Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), Marvin Hamlisch has quite an incredible story. This graphic novel adaptation of the biography of the renowned...
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Balm in Gilead: A Story from the War by John L. Withers II
In May 1945, as World War II ended, an all-black U.S. Army truck company, including Lieutenant John L. Withers of Greensboro, North Carolina, rushed emergency supplies to an unknown German town. Long victims of...
Think Least of Death: Spinoza On How To Live And How To Die by Steven Nadler
In 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdam’s Portuguese-Jewish community for “abominable heresies” and “monstrous deeds,” the young Baruch Spinoza abandoned his family’s import business to dedicate his life to philosophy. He quickly became notorious...
Jewish Identity in American Art: A Golden Age Since the 1970’s by Matthew Baigell
Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art Unlike earlier generations, Jewish American artists born between the 1930s and the early 1960s were among the first to overtly embrace and challenge religious themes in their...
The Tunnel by A.B. Yehoshua
Translator: Stuart Schoffman Until recently, Zvi Luria was a healthy man in his seventies, an engineer living in Tel Aviv with his wife, Dina, visiting with their two children whenever possible. Now he is...
Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate by Daniel Mendelsohn
In this genre-defying book, best-selling memoirist and critic Daniel Mendelsohn explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we lead and the artfulness of the stories we tell. Combining memoir, biography, history,...
Night Lights: A Sukkot Story by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Illustrator: Amberin Huq A child s fear is sweetly tempered by the support of an older sister’s comforting, natural solution. A retelling a much-loved story, complete with new illustrations. His big sister Naomi is...
Hillel Builds a House by Shoshana Lepon
Illustrator: Ángeles Ruiz All year, Hillel builds treehouses and forts. His structures―in the backyard, under the stairs and even in the living room―can get in the way when the family is busy with holiday...
Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth by Benjamin Taylor
I had a baseball question on the tip of my tongue: What was the name of “the natural,” the player shot by a stalker in a Chicago hotel room? He gave me an amused...
Recommended for You by Laura Silverman
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets You’ve Got Mail in this charming and hilarious rom-com following two teen booksellers whose rivalry is taken to the next level as they compete for the top bookseller bonus....
