A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum
In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms and the Czar’s army tightens its grip on the local Jewish community, Miri Abramov and her brilliant physicist brother, Vanya, are facing...
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Chasing Echoes by Dan Goldman
Illustrator: George Schall Malka, the black sheep of her family, learns that her relatives are making a decades-in-the-planning pilgrimage to their grandfather’s pre-Holocaust home in Poland…and she wasn’t invited. After guilt-tripping herself a ticket...
The Generous Fish by Jacqueline Jules
Illustrator: Frances Tyrrell Inspired by Jewish folklore, The Generous Fish is the story of a young boy named Reuven who takes a verse from scripture to “cast your bread upon the waters” (Ecclesiastes 11:1) quite literally....
A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman’s Harrowing Escape from the Nazis by Françoise Frenkel
Translator: Stephanie SmeeForward: Patrick Modiano In 1921, Françoise Frenkel—a Jewish woman from Poland—fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre, Berlin’s first French bookshop, attracting artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. The shop...
Who Will Ask the Four Questions by Naomi Ben-Gur
Illustrator: Carmel Ben-Ami Translator: Gilah Kahn-Hoffmann ‘You showed us all what a fantastic big brother you are!’ As Passover draws near, Eitan is excited about singing the Ma Nishtana – the Four Questions –...
What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter
Is it still a love triangle if there are only two people in it? There are a million things that Halle Levitt likes about her online best friend, Nash. He’s an incredibly talented graphic...
The Free and the Brave by Tovah S. Yavin
“Those British are coming this way. Eight thousand troops.” “Eight thousand?” Jacob whispered. Jeremiah nodded. “They’re pouring into Washington from all directions.” “At least we have our Fencibles.” Jacob stood up straighter speaking of...
The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood by Donna Rifkind
The little-known story of screenwriter Salka Viertel, whose salons in 1930s and 40s Hollywood created a refuge for a multitude of famous figures who had escaped the horrors of World War ll.Hollywood was created...
The Seventh Heaven: Travels Through Jewish Latin America by Ilan Stavans
Internationally renowned essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans spent five years traveling from across a dozen countries in Latin America, in search of what defines the Jewish communities in the region, whose roots date...
What Is Missing by Michael Frank
Suspenseful and gripping, award-winning author Michael Frank’s What is Missing is a psychological family drama about a father, a son, and the woman they both love. Costanza Ansaldo, a half-Italian and half-American translator, is convinced that...
