New Jewish Books
2023 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist! Kim Dower’s poetry has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “sensual and evocative . . . seamlessly combining humor and heartache,” and by O Magazine as...
New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during...
Translator: David McKay In this revealing and poignant story, Stefan Hertmans uncovers haunting details about the previous owner of his house and the crime he committed as a member of the Nazi police. In...
Illustrator: Óscar Perez In this twist on the classic Jewish stories, Schlemiel lives in the famous town of Chelm, known as “the place of fools.” When one day he embarks on a journey to...
In Joshua S. Levy’s hilarious and charming middle grade novel, a Jewish seventh grade boy is caught between the worlds of his divorced parents—with an orthodox mother and secular father, Jake must concoct a...
Illustrator: Roxana de Rond This is a book about bupkes: nothing, zero, zilch. Sometimes, though, what looks like nothing turns out to be the most important thing of all. An empty garden seems like...
Illustrator: Romina Galotta A picture book by Ken Schept and illustrated by Romina Galotta about the power of remembrance and intergenerational tradition. When she finds a feather, Grandma Dot adds it to her collection. Feathers,...
For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves into her parents’...
Illustrator: Zoom Rockman Ben Jacobs has made a list of everything that could possibly go wrong at his bar mitzvah, but even he didn’t foresee that the shul might disappear just days before the...
A master storyteller’s novel of crime, corruption, and antisemitism in early 20th-century Manhattan Ravage & Son reflects the lost world of Manhattan’s Lower East Side—the cradle of Jewish immigration during the first years of...
