The Orchard by Yochi Brandes
Daniel Libenson, translator Yochi Brandes is one of the top authors in Israel. The Orchard, her eighth book, is considered the most daring and ambitious of her novels. Critics went so far as to...
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer...
Consumer Culture and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity by Gideon Reuveni
Antisemitic stereotypes of Jews as capitalists have hindered research into the economic dimension of the Jewish past. The figure of the Jew as trader and financier dominated the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But the...
Maybe Esther: A Family Story by Katja Petrowskaja
Shelley Frisch, translator An inventive, unique, and extraordinarily moving debut memoir that pieces together the fascinating story of one woman’s family across twentieth-century Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. Katja Petrowskaja wanted to create a...
Tu B’Shevat Is Coming! by Tracy Newman
Viviana Garofoli, illustator A family and their adorable dog celebrate the kid-friendly holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the birthday of trees!
Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Aspiring choreographer Sophie Orenstein would do anything for Peter Rosenthal-Porter, who’s been on the kidney transplant list as long as she’s known him. Peter, a gifted pianist, is everything to Sophie: best friend, musical...
Social Skills Around the Clock by Rifka Schonfeld
Yoel Judowitz, illustator This book is all about the different social skills children and teenagers need throughout the day. The book is organized by two page spreads in which the left side portrays a...
Death in Shangri-La by Yigal Zur
Ex-Israeli operative turned private investigator, Dotan Naor―to settle a bet―agrees to locate the missing son of former acquaintance, now ruthless Israeli arms merchant, Willy Mizrachi. Willy, who does not hesitate to sell killing machines...
Fania’s Heart by Anne Renaud
Richard Rudnicki, illustrator Ten-year-old Sorale discovers a tiny heart-shaped book among her mother’s belongings. Its pages are shaped like four-petaled flowers, upon which are written words in languages Sorale does not understand. Who wrote...
Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown
Comedian and performer Andy Kaufman’s resume was impressive―a popular role on the beloved sitcom Taxi, a high-profile stand-up career, and a surprisingly successful stint in professional wrestling. Although he was by all accounts a...
