New Jewish Books
Novel fulfills writer Ayelet Waldman’s long-held ‘obsession’ with Holocaust Ayelet Waldman accomplishes a deft feat in her new book, “Love and Treasure.” The Berkeley writer’s elegant, sweeping Holocaust novel does not once visit the...
A hundred years ago, a gifted young storyteller aspired to write the Great American Novel; today, she is more likely to want to put her gifts to use writing a memoir, or a collection...
Save 30% on a selection of books in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 28. Visit our Holocaust Remembrance Day sale page for more information. To receive your discount, enter the code 6HRD4...
Otherwise Fables is the first complete collection of Oscar Mandel’s fiction, including the Gobble-Up Stories and the novellas The History of Sigismund, Prince of Poland, and Chi Po and the Sorcerer. As witty as...
Why is it that Leonard Cohen receives the sort of reverence we reserve for a precious few living artists? Why are his songs, three or four decades after their original release, suddenly gracing the...
When recounting the story of the ten plagues at the seder table, you may have found that dipping a pinkie finger in wine is just not realistic enough. Wine is kind of reminiscent of...
In this vivid memoir, Denis Guénoun excavates his family’s past and progressively fills out a portrait of an imposing, enigmatic father. René Guénoun was a teacher and a pioneer, and his secret support for...
A relatively newcomer to the Passover scene is the colorfully appealing Afikomen Mambo, by Joe Black and illustrated by Linda Prater. Sold together with the book is a CD with performance by Black, who is well...
The Land of the Bible, cradle of Judaism and Christianity, is a world of wonders. Here Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his first born son Isaac, returning from decades of exile in...
The Tattered Prayer Book is meant as a gentle introduction to the Holocaust for children ages 6-10. Ruthie discovers a secret about her father, while looking through a box of mementos from the old...
