My Left Skate by Anna Rosner
Based on extensive interviews, My Left Skate: The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov is a first-person biography of a Jewish teenager who had it all on the hockey rink: guts, drive, and exceptional talent....
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Inside Information by Eshkol Nevo
Translator: Sondra Silverston From the internationally bestselling author of Three Floors Up, a novel of psychological suspense exploring the vagaries of love and relationships through three interlocking stories. A honeymoon in South America that...
Berliners by Vesper Stamper
A riveting story about the rivalry between two brothers living on opposite sides of the Berlin wall during its construction in the 1960s, and how their complicated legacy and dreams of greatness will determine...
The Last Consolation Vanished by Zalmen Gradowski
The Testimony of a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz Translator: Rubye Monet A unique and haunting first-person Holocaust account by Zalmen Gradowski, a Sonderkommando prisoner killed in Auschwitz. On October 7, 1944, a group of Jewish...
Where I Am by Dana Shem-Ur
Translator: Yardenne Greenspan A piercing novel about life abroad in a cultural setting not one’s own: Reut is an Israeli translator living in Paris with a French husband and their child. She’s made sacrifices...
It’s Her Story: Irena Sendler by Margaret Littman
Illustrator: Sara Luna Irena Sendler was a humanitarian and social worker in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Her job allowed her to pass through the armed gates of the Warsaw ghetto, bringing limited...
Madame Alexander: The Creator of the Iconic American Doll by Sarah Goldman Rubin
Illustrator: Sarah Dvojack An inspiring, uplifting picture book biography about iconic doll creator, Madame Alexander, whose love for dolls and bringing joy to others began at a young age and only continued to grow....
Poland, A Green Land by Aharon Appelfeld
Translator: Stuart Schoffman A Tel Aviv shopkeeper visits his parents’ Polish birthplace in an attempt to come to terms with their complex legacy—and is completely unprepared for what he finds there. Yaakov Fine’s practical...
The Jewish Son by Daniel Guebel
Translator: Jessica Sequeria A breathtaking short novel about the complicated feelings of hate and pity in familial love by an acknowledged Latin American master. A brilliant and dark tour de force, Jewish Son presents...
The Pugilist’s Daughter by Judith Lynn Antelman
From “THE PUGILIST IN TWELVE ROUNDS” When I was eight years old, my father taught mehow to box and I have been sparring my wayinto and out of his corners ever since. In oneof...
