Tagged: Jewish Book Council

Beinoni by Mari Lowe

Beinoni by Mari Lowe

In a Beinoni time there should be no war, no terrible illness, no crime. Even if that also means there won’t be any great discoveries, any cures, anything extraordinary. Ezra believes that’s worth fighting...

33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen

33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen

An outstanding debut novel—a love story, mystery, and philosophical puzzle, told in the singular voices of the residents of a Beaux Arts apartment house in Belgium during World War II. On the eve of...

Shab­bat in a Nest by Chris Barash

Shab­bat in a Nest by Chris Barash

Yanni is a lucky little owl who loves celebrating Shabbat with his family in their warm, cozy nest. He and his whole family sing, eat, and play together until it’s time to say goodbye...

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout

Fight hate. Make art. In 1943 Amsterdam, Emma Bergsma’s world changes when she witnesses Jewish families being forcibly deported to concentration camps. That pivotal moment lights a fire within her, and she decides to...

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...