New Jewish Books
Translator: Lauren Elkin A quietly powerful exploration of memory and forgetting, from one of France’s leading feminist public intellectuals In 2021, the award‑winning French writer Lola Lafon was granted permission to stay overnight—alone for ten...
A landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Philip Roth (1933–2018), one of...
The German-Jewish Collectors of Edwardian Britain The first published account of the German-Jewish magnates who won an international reputation as the leading art collectors of Edwardian Britain The small but conspicuous group of German-Jewish...
Jane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music Carole King’s extraordinary career has defined American popular music for more than half...
The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosophy is a...
A thought-provoking account of the life and work of Franz Boas and his influential role in shaping modern anthropology Franz Boas (1858–1942) is widely acknowledged for his pioneering work in the field of cultural anthropology....
A human history of one of the planet’s most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shores The Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed...
The Story of the Jewish Children who Fled to France and America During the Holocaust The first account of Jewish children’s flight from Nazi Germany to France—and their subsequent escape to America from the...
Jewish Lives The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential—and controversial—rabbis in modern Judaism “Accessible, informed, and balanced. . . . The author manages to tread on fragile ground with...
Rereading the Women of the Talmud Women in the Talmud are generally marginal and almost always anonymous – the daughters, sisters, and wives of prominent rabbis. The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic explores the...
