New Jewish Books
A dramatic history of how American Jews reckoned with slavery―and fought the Civil War. Since ancient times, the Jewish people have recalled the story of Exodus and reflected on the implications of having been...
Detroit, 1960. Lila Pereira is two years old when her angry, abusive father has her mother committed to an asylum. Lila never sees her mother again. Three decades later, having mustered everything she has—brains,...
Can the faith in God that most Americans share help us out of the political mess we’re in? As both a religiously observant person and a veteran of forty years in elective office, Senator...
Translator: Rose Waldman “It is me the prophet laments when he cries out, ‘My enemies are the people in my own home.’” The Rabbi ignored his borscht and instead chewed on a crust of...
Illustrator: D. Yael Bernhard A good king is looking for the right words to help his people, rich or poor, deal with life’s challenges. Ezra, a humble servant boy, wants to help the king...
Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust In some ways, Adele, Barney, Eric, Ernie, Frank, Judy, Magda, Rodi, and Ruth had little in common. They were born in different European countries and came...
Cursed from birth, Mendel Schlotz is the unluckiest kid in his village.He’s also the only one who can save it. Ask anyone—twelve-year-old Mendel can’t do anything right. When he tries to herd goats, they...
In Milkweed and Honey Cake: A Memoir in Ritual Moments, Wendy A. Horwitz shares stories about celebration, loss, change, and the best way to open a pomegranate. Holidays delight – and disappoint. A couple...
In Happier Far, Diane Mehta takes us on a funny and engrossing tour of the absurdities and dilemmas of becoming a writer, and how family can sometimes help us and sometimes get in the...
In this intimate and riveting memoir, Best American Essayist Nicole Graev Lipson breaks through the ready-made stories of womanhood, rescuing truth from the fiction that infiltrates our lives. What does it take to escape...
