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101 True Tales of Jewish Trailblazers, Changemakers and Rebels A young teenager who spoke out for gun control in front of tens of thousands. An Israeli street artist who painted an ancient city with...
From the two-time Sydney Taylor Honor author comes another sweet Nantucket-set summer romance, perfect for fans of Rachel Lynn Solomon and K.L. Walther. Jordan Edelman’s messy dating days are over. After a few too...
Conversations on Modern Jewish Life Inspired by Rabbi Larry Hoffman In Communities of Meaning, thirty-four of today’s community leaders and theologians engage Hoffman in dialogue about the big questions in American Jewish life, including: This collection...
A collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five leading writers With original contributions by André Aciman • Sarah Boxer • Jennifer Finney Boylan •...
Illustrator: Susan Gal What a happy day! Zachary’s baby sister will have her naming ceremony. In the temple! With his moms, the congregation, and all their friends! He’s so excited he can barely contain...
In this heartwarming Passover story, a young Jewish child learns to work through grief with the help of family, memory, and tradition. It’s Passover time and everything seems the same, but there’s one major...
New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story about mothers and daughters, guilt and innocence, and the lengths we go for love. As a teenager, for a moment, Ella...
A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering In this moving and thought-provoking memoir, a historian offers a personal look at the fallibilities of memory and the lingering impact of trauma as she goes back...
After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy lives will transform into sleek, storybook perfection–but they couldn’t be more wrong. The four Jacobson children were raised to...
Translators: Bernard H. Mehlman and Gabriel E. Padawer Martin Buber (1878-1965) was one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. A philosopher, seeker, and nurturer of dialogue, he responded to the...