On Her Own by Lihi Lapid
Translator: Sondra Silverston A moving, page-turning story of two families in crisis and the unexpected places from which love can grow. Nina, a teenage runaway, wakes up in the unfamiliar stairwell of a Tel...
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Mother Doll by Katya Apekina
Prize-winning author Katya Apekina’s Mother Doll is a sharp and visceral nesting doll of a novel, about four generations of mothers and daughters and the inherited trauma cast by Russian history. Zhenia is adrift...
The Light of Learning: Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust by Glenn Dynner
The Light of Learning tells the story of an unexpected Hasidic revival in Poland on the eve of the Holocaust. In the aftermath of World War I, the Jewish mystical movement appeared to be...
The Brighton Beach Bible by Joel Silverstein
Artist and Author Joel Silverstein has published an autobiographical painted narrative based on the Exodus story of the Hebrew Bible. Offering 64 stunning full-page images this startling work is both an artist’s catalog raisonné...
Henrietta Szold: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream by Francine Klagsbrun
Award-winning author Francine Klagsbrun reveals the complex life and work of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and a Zionist trailblazer Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) is renowned as the founder of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization...
Escape from Dachau by Kathe Mueller Slonim
A True Story of Survival, Courage, and a Daring Escape in the Face of Unthinkable Evil On a rainy night in December 1938, former Nazi official Max Immanuel climbed into his car in Berlin...
The Last Words of Moses by Micah Goodman
Translator: Ilana Kurshan The book of Deuteronomy is the fifth and final book of the Torah, and the Torah – according to Jewish tradition – is divine. The book of Deuteronomy, however, presents itself...
Blank by Zibby Owens
A wife, mother, and frustrated writer faces an impossible deadline for turning her life around in a hilarious debut novel about family, friendship, success, and exhilarating self-(re)discovery. Pippa Jones is a fortyish former literary...
Sweet Malida: Memories of a Bene Israel Woman by Zilka Joseph
Who are the Bene Israel Jews of India? Where did they come from? How did they survive in India? SWEET MALIDA is a moving, multi-layered, richly sensory and informative collection of poems and short...
Braids: Recipes from My Pacific Northwest Jewish Kitchen by Sonya Sanford
Braids is the debut cookbook from chef and writer Sonya Sanford. This beautifully photographed book reflects the process of creating something new, and wholly delicious, from the seemingly disconnected strands of a life lived...
