Tagged: Jewish Book Council

On Both Sides of the Wall by Vlad­ka Meed

On Both Sides of the Wall by Vlad­ka Meed

A Resis­tance Fight­er’s First­hand Account of the War­saw Ghetto Introduction by Elie WieselAfterword by Judy BatalionTranslated by: Steven D. Meed The essential new edition of one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust...

The World Between by Zee­va Bukai

The World Between by Zee­va Bukai

A follow up to her National Jewish Book Award-winning debut novel, in the aftermath of the breakup of her marriage, a once famous actress of the Yiddish theater travels to Tel-Aviv to revisit the...

The Hen­na Helper by Tami Lehman-Wilzig

The Hen­na Helper by Tami Lehman-Wilzig

Illustrated by Yinon Ptahia From award-winning author, Tami Lehman-Wilzig, comes a new picture book highlighting the Yemenite pre-wedding ceremony of Henna. Deep in Tel Aviv’s Yemenite Quarter, the small houses on Yom Tov Street...

The Sky Was My Blan­ket by Uri Shule­vitz

The Sky Was My Blan­ket by Uri Shule­vitz

A Young Man’s Jour­ney Across Wartime Europe The final work from celebrated Caldecott Award–winning illustrator Uri Shulevitz, this gripping and revealing true story follows a young Polish exile fighting to survive in war-torn Europe....

Judy Blume: A Life by Mark Oppen­heimer

Judy Blume: A Life by Mark Oppen­heimer

The highly anticipated biography of one of the world’s most treasured literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted. To know the name Judy Blume is to know...

The Lines We Draw by Tim Franks

The Lines We Draw by Tim Franks

The Jour­nal­ist, the Jew and an Argu­ment About Identity Tim Franks spent years as the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent covering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. During that time, he was attacked as a...