My Mother’s Secret by Alina Adams
A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region With his dying breath, Lena’s father asks his family a cryptic question: “You couldn’t tell, could you?” After his passing, Lena stumbles upon the answer that changes...
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The Object of Jewish Literature by Barbara E. Mann
A Material History A history of modern Jewish literature that explores our enduring attachment to the book as an object With the rise of digital media, the “death of the book” has been widely...
The Missing Jew by Rodger Kamenetz
Kamenetz’s poems whirl and shake on the page. He is the poet of the living history of unspeakable names and his book…sings with dark wit the tales of tough family spirits. –Louise Erdrich, author...
Canción by Eduardo Halfon
Translators: Lisa Dillman, Daniel Hahn From internationally celebrated Eduardo Halfon comes a new installment in his hero’s nomadic odyssey as he searches for answers surrounding his grandfather’s abduction In Canción, Eduardo Halfon’s eponymous wanderer...
Betrayed: Child Sex Abuse in the Holocaust by Beverley Chalmers
This ground-breaking book exposes a taboo aspect of Holocaust history; the sexual abuse of children. Children were sexually assaulted in ghettos, camps, on transit trains, while in hiding, and even when sent to supposed...
Women Holding Things by Maira Kalman
From the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and My Favorite Things comes a wondrous collection of words and paintings that is a moving meditation on the...
Cassoulet Confessions by Sylvie Bigar
Food, France and the Stew That Saved My Soul Cassoulet Confessions is an enthralling memoir by award-winning food and travel writer Sylvie Bigar that reveals how a simple journalistic assignment sparked a culinary obsession...
Saved by Schindler by William B. Friedricks
The Life of Celina Karp Biniaz Celina Karp Biniaz was just eight years old when the Germans invaded her homeland of Poland in 1939. Over the next six years, the child from Krakow endured...
How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
Stonewall Honor author Jake Maia Arlow delivers a sapphic Jewish twist on the classic Christmas rom-com in a read perfect for fans of Kelly Quindlen and Casey McQuiston. It all starts when Shani runs...
Monster Bar Mitzvah by Josh Anderson
In this unusual graphic novel for younger readers, Eli is feeling left out of the family’s preparations for his older brother’s bar mitzvah. He wants to help but can’t seem to do anything right....
