Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The mesmerizing adult debut from Leigh Bardugo, a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class....
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Diary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love by Miriam Karpilove
Translted by Jessica KirzaneEdited by Deborah Manion First published serially in the Yiddish daily newspaper di Varhayt in 1916–18, Diary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love is a novel of...
The Tale of a Niggun by Elie Wiesel
Illustrated by Mark Podwal Elie Wiesel’s heartbreaking narrative poem about history, immortality, and the power of song, accompanied by magnificent full-color illustrations by award-winning artist Mark Podwal. Based on an actual event that occurred...
The Wondering Jew: Israel and the Search for Jewish Identity by Micah Goodman
Translator: Eylon Levy Zionism began as a movement full of contradictions, between a pull to the past and a desire to forge a new future. Israel has become a place of fragmentation, between those...
Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander
Seventh Seltzer has done everything he can to break from the past, but in his overbearing, narcissistic mother’s last moments he is drawn back into the life he left behind. At her deathbed, she...
Bound in the Bond of Life: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy
Editors: Beth Kissileff and Eric Lidji On October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood when a lone gunman entered...
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman
Illustrator: Abigail Halpin Before becoming one of the greatest violinists of all time, Itzhak Perlman was simply a boy who loved music. Raised by a poor immigrant family in a tiny Tel Aviv apartment,...
Going Rogue (at Hebrew School) by Casey Breton
Ten-year-old Avery Green loves science. He loves football. He is crazy about Star Wars. But Hebrew school? No, thank you. Avery would rather have his arms sliced off with a lightsaber than sit through one...
The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Choice shows us how to stop destructive patterns and imprisoning thoughts to find freedom and enjoy life. Edith Eger’s powerful first...
Quest for Eternal Sunshine: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Darkness to Light by Myra Goodman
Quest for Eternal Sunshine chronicles the triumphant, true story of Mendek Rubin, a brilliant inventor who overcame both the trauma of the Holocaust and decades of unrelenting depression to live a life of deep peace...
