Miriam Merlove A rhyming, upbeat text and airy, pale-toned watercolors invite readers to join a Jewish family in its celebration of the Shabbat, of the Sabbath. January 1, 2000 by...

James Marshall Mother always told Red Riding Hood not to talk to strangers. But the wolf she met on the way to Granny's was so charming and urbane. What could...

Bob Strauss Great for kids who have a lot of questions! January 11, 2005 by Main Street Press

Sarah Gainham Night Falls on the City Vienna, 1938. Beautiful actress Julia Homburg and her politician husband Franz Wedeker embody all the enlightened brilliance of their native city. But Wedeker...

Barry Turner For ten months before the Second World War, thousands of children were bundled on to trains and waved goodbye to their parents as they set off across Germany...

Terry Pratchett Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be priest. He thought he was there for a simple little religious ceremony. Now he’s caught up in a...

Joseph Kanon From the author of The Good German(made in a film starring George Clooney) comes a sweeping novel set in post-war Berlin. Alex Meier, a young Jewish writer, fled...

Christopher Hill In this book, one of England’s most distinguished historians explores the causes and consequences of the English Revolution, the years from 1640 to 1660 when the triumph of...

Stephen King Dallas, 11/22/63: Three shots ring out.President John F. Kennedy is dead.Life can turn on a dime—or stumble into the extraordinary, as it does for Jake Epping, a high...

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar"Bringing together copious, diverse and sometimes dissonant...

Benjamin Netanyahu This examination of the Middle East's troubled history traces the origins, development and politics of Israel's relationship with the Arab world and the West. It argues that peace...

Avraham Burg Modern day Israel, and the Jewish community, is strongly influenced by the memory and horrors of Hitler and the Holocaust. Burg argues that the Jewish nation has been...