New Jewish Books
It is often suggested that all of the constituent groups of the Jewish Diaspora incorporated histories of persecutions and forced expulsions into their narratives of identity, even before the Holocaust and the foundation of...
In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the...
Drawn from the Rebbe’s private correspondence, Rebbe is a rich and illuminating portrait of this remarkable man who was a devoted spiritual leader and tireless counselor; controversial advocate for women’s rights and community openness;...
In a complicated tale of family ties, old loves, and chutzpadik tourists, an Israeli granddaughter and grandmother set off for Warsaw to file a property restitution claim. It could read like a madcap adventure,...
After creating Schindler’s List, the film which is likely America’s—perhaps the world’s—surest narrative lifeline to the Holocaust, director Steven Spielberg began the daunting project of creating the Shoah Foundation, an archive of video testimonies...
Imagine, esteemed reader: Your son has recently arrived in America from your shtetl, and you want to warn him about the temptations of the goldene medina. But how do you find the right words...
Kestenbaum & Company’s forthcoming auction of Fine Judaica will take place on Thursday, June 26th at 3:00 pm at the company’s gallery in New York City. The auction is comprised of an extensive selection of...
The newest episode of The Book of Life podcast, hosted by librarian Heidi Estrin, features an interview with Judy Petsonk, author of Queen of the Jews. The book is a historical novel about the...
In The Making of Israel C.L. Crouch presents the southern Levant during the seventh century BCE as a major period for the formation of Israelite ethnic identity, challenging scholarship which dates biblical texts with identity concerns...
Criminal Attachments: Immigration, Family, and Fraud in Soviet Brooklyn Boris Fishman’s dark new novel explores the tensions between a grandson and his elders as he evolves into an American Slava Gelman, a twentysomething aspiring...
