New Jewish Books
Provocative new readings of biblical texts by major contemporary Jewish writers. Lot’s daughters rebel against their predatory father, Jacob wrestles an angel in a queer underground nightclub, Job arrives in the form of an...
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits, a deeply moving novel set against the glitz and chaos of early 2000s pop stardom. Equal parts heartfelt family...
When Joe Dunthorne began researching his family history, he expected to write the account of their harrowing escape from Nazi Germany in 1935. What he found in his great-grandfather Siegfried’s voluminous, unpublished, partially translated...
Timeless Recipes for Modern Kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and Beyond A joyous celebration of Ethiopian Jewish cuisine: more than one hundred accessible and healthy recipes, stories, and traditions from the intersection of the...
A candid, thought-provoking exploration of contemporary women’s experiences of religious conversion and the relationship between faith and fulfillment in our time Religious involvement has been declining in the West for decades—and, though men have...
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...
