New Jewish Books
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...
Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole A transformative spiritual companion and deep dive into disability politics that reimagines disability in the Bible and contemporary culture A 2024 National Jewish Book...
Houdini’s First Amazing Act Illustrator: Laura Catalán A fun, illustrated story of Harry Houdini’s first trick for young readers. “Julie Carpenter’s inspiring story of Houdini shows how, like him, we can open the locks...
Translator: Antonia Lloyd-Jones A Holocaust story as fascinating and compelling as it is terrifying and puzzling—a book about aging and war crimes, pain and pride. In the middle of summer, omnipresent heat radiates as...
In Why Rain Comes From Above: Explorations in Religious Imagination, Devora Steinmetz invites the reader into the imaginative space created by deep engagement with biblical and rabbinic texts. Each of these six poetic and...
