New Jewish Books
A Memoir of a Changing New York in the 21st Century A moving father and son journey across time and place, and the surprising bonds that form between generations. Growing up in suburban Chicago,...
Can the faith in God that most Americans share help us out of the political mess we’re in? As both a religiously observant person and a veteran of forty years in elective office, Senator...
To those around me—my friends, my colleagues, even my daughter—I appear normal, but in one very fundamental way, I am not. The old me left with my wife. I’m not sure who this new...
From floundering to navigating, this gefilte-fish-out-of-water story follows the unorthodox path of a Jewish woman working for a Muslim government. “Marrying one woman is like eating chicken every day for the rest of your...
An intimate memoir from a founding editor of Ms. magazine who grew up in a Jewish immigrant family mired in secrets, haunted by their dread of shame and stigma, determined to hide their every...
The Letters Project is about big history, the Holocaust, but it is also an extraordinarily intimate personal narrative—a rare blend of informative, poignant, excruciating, startling, humorous, and ultimately inspiring storytelling. In 1986, when her...
Foreword: Michael Berenbaum Holocaust survivor Max Glauben is on a mission—to outlast hate, to preserve memory, and to compel the world to embrace tolerance. The stench of decay pierced the air aboard the boxcar...
Foreword: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Introduction: Art Garfunkel The remarkable and inspiring story of a Columbia undergrad from a poor Jewish family who, after losing his eyesight to disease during his junior year, finds...
Religion can be both inspiring and distressing. And many critiques of it are simultaneously compelling and dubious. Shay examines atheist arguments with a refreshing modern eye in this comprehensive look at our most fundamental...
