New Jewish Books
It is 1988 and Saul Adler, a narcissistic young historian, has been invited to Communist East Berlin to do research; in exchange, he must publish a favorable essay about the German Democratic Republic. As...
Is it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how has Yiddish, a language...
Learn how to increase happiness and well-being for yourself, for your family, for the world–Jewishly. Positive Judaism offers readers of all backgrounds a pathway to enhanced well-being and happiness. Drawing on three thousand years of...
Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in biological science, is exploring the fine line between poison and antidote, working alone to set a speed record for the detoxification of poisonous plants. Her mentor, Dr....
Jonathan Blum’s highly anticipated first collection–is storytelling at its finest. In precise, elegant prose, these stories follow characters and communities often consigned to the edge of the frame: a community college dropout, a geriatric...
From the days of her childhood in the 1950s Midwest, Katherine knows she is different, and that her parents are not who they seem. As she matures from a girl of rare intelligence into...
Translator: Daniel Kennedy Available for the first time in a new English translation, Nomberg’s stories explore modern Jewish life in the growing cosmopolitan city of Warsaw: young intellectuals in pursuit of truth, beauty, and...
Accompanying an exhibition at Les Enluminures, New York, this scholarly book includes chapters on the art, iconography, and historical context of a remarkable medieval manuscript: a Haggadah with seventy-five watercolor paintings created in the...
This Passover, celebrate both our freedom and the role of nature in the seder and in our lives. From the unassuming matzah that reveals the simplicity of earth, wheat, and water, to the first...
This concise haggadah contains the essential elements for a short, authentic seder. Its small trim size, concise and straightforward text, and bright collage art will capture the attention of all seder participants and spark...
