Anne Brener “It is hard to work through one’s grief when there are so many cover-ups and so many different kinds of denial at work within the culture. And that...

Aleksandar Hemon On 2 March 1908, Lazarus Averbuch, a young Russian Jewish immigrant to Chicago, tried to deliver a letter to the city’s Chief of Police. He was shot dead....

Edited by Irving Howe and Ruth R Wisse Collects two dozen of the great Yiddish writer's cleverest, funniest, and most profound and touching stories, half of which are newly translated,...

David Liss Benjamin Weaver is awaiting death in Newgate gaol. Mysteriously convicted for a murder he didn’t commit by a judge determined to see him hang, he is suddenly—and equally...

Claudia Roden 'No-one will ever produce a richer, or more satisfying feast of the Jewish experience.' - Simon Schama 'One can't imagine a better food book than this, ever: for...

David Samuel Levinson Why is tonight different from all other nights? Tonight we kill dad. In 2022, American Jews face an increasingly unsafe and anti-Semitic landscape at home. Against this backdrop, the...

Wendy I Zierler Pointing to an early instance in Hebrew literary history, And Rachel Stole the Idols takes its title from a biblical episode in which a daughter seizes control...

Neal Karlen A delightfully unconventional tale of a people, their place in the world, and the fascinating language that held them together. Yiddish is an unlikely survivor of the ages,...

Yehuda Shulewitz Herod -- The Man Who Had to be King, is the story of the conflict between Herod, Rome and the Jewish people. It is the story of a...

Adam Mansbach The ruthlessly engrossing and beautifully rendered story of the Brodskys, a family of artists who realize, too late, one elemental Creation’s necessary consequence is destruction.Each member of the...

Rachel Rosemarin A delectable treat for every parent! This small, beautifully designed book dispenses bite-sized nuggets of wisdom in a heartwarming style. The author, a noted educator and parenting group...

Sue Fishkoff “Excuse me, are you Jewish?” With these words, the relentlessly cheerful, ideologically driven emissaries of Chabad-Lubavitch approach perfect strangers on street corners throughout the world in their ongoing...