Even in Darkness by Barbara Stark-Nemon
This novel, which is based on the lives of relatives of the author, tells the story of four generations of the Kohler family, following their lives in Germany, England, Israel, and the U.S.—before, during,...
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Exodus: A Memoir by Deborah Feldman
In 2009, at the age of twenty-three, Deborah Feldman walked away from the rampant oppression, abuse, and isolation of her Satmar upbringing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to forge a better life for herself and her...
Fugitive Colors by Lisa Barr
Now in paperback Fugitive Colors is a historical novel inspired by what the Nazis called Entartete Kunst, or degenerate art, the term they used to describe art they had deemed to be not a...
A Town of Empty Rooms by Karen E. Bender
Author Karen Bender weaves a number of provocative themes into this emotional and timely story set in a small community in North Carolina. Dan and Serena, newly relocated from New York City to a...
I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
What is life really like as a Satmar? I Am Forbidden opens the window and then pushes the reader right through the door of the insular Williamsburg, Brooklyn religious community. Anouk Markovits, raised in...
Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse by Stanley Meisler
For a couple of decades before World War II, a group of immigrant painters and sculptors, including Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine and Jules Pascin dominated the new art scene of Montparnasse in...
A Good Place to Hide: How One French Community Saved Thousands of Lives in World War II by Peter Grose
This is the story of an isolated community in the upper reaches of the Loire Valley that conspired to save the lives of 3,500 Jews under the noses of the Germans and the soldiers...
The Community Table: Recipes and Stories from the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and Beyond
Katja Goldman, Judy Bernstein Bunzl, Lisa Rotmil “Food, family, and community have always been at the center of our lives,” write the authors of The Community Table. The three authors—all dedicated cooks, mothers, working...
Just Kids from the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was: An Oral History by Arlene Alda
The oral histories in Arlene Alda’s Just Kids from the Bronx reveal what it was like to grow up in the place that bred the influencers in just about every field of endeavor today....
The Covenant Kitchen: Food and Wine for the New Jewish Table by Jeff Morgan
Filled with the flavors of Italy, Provence, North Africa, Asia, California, and Israel, these original, easy-to-prepare recipes take kosher dining to a new, contemporary level of sophistication. With more than two decades of professional...
