Tagged: Jewish Book Council
Israeli novelist and activist Shulamith Hareven’s Thirst: The Desert Trilogy, contains three of her greatest works: The Miracle Hater, Prophet, and After Childhood. In these novellas, Hareven recasts the the biblical journey from exodus...
Tells of the risks Jewish writers faced if they dabbled in obscenity. And they were serious. One place you never want to see your name is beside the words v. United States in a...
This fantastic book explores the consequences, psychological and otherwise, to Holocaust survivors who survived the Holocaust by hiding when they were children. In the first part of the book, Rosen describes different experiences of...
After the Fact studies the terrain of Holocaust documentaries subsequent to the turn of the twenty-first century. Until now most studies have centered primarily on canonical films such as Shoah and Night and Fog,...
Passover is a celebration of freedom—and Paula Shoyer’s innovative Passover collection celebrates culinary freedom, while still honoring the holiday’s dietary rules. Her dishes will set you free, combining all the nostalgic pleasure of family...
It is easy to dismiss advertising as simply the background chatter of modern life, often annoying, sometimes hilarious, and ultimately meaningless. But Kerri P. Steinberg argues that a careful study of the history of...
Susan Krawitz of Stone Ridge, NY is the winner of the 2015 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award for her middle-grade novel Viva, Rose. The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award honors an unpublished manuscript for readers aged...
Editors: Avinoam J. Patt, Mark Shechner, and Victoria Aarons The book at Amazon and on Kindle With a mix of stories and novel chapters, The New Diaspora reprints selections of short fiction from such...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The Disappearance of Daniel Klein chronicles the story of a boy magician with mismatched eyes (one blue, one green) who captures the dark interest of a Nazi...
The book at Amazon and on Kindle The intertwined story lines offer varied approaches to the main themes. However, while the characters’ interactions with each other— the Rebbetzin agreeing to comply with her husband’s...