WE WOULD NEVER
Tova Mirvis
Inspired by a true-crime story, We Would Never is the story of a close-knit Florida family who, in the wake of their daughter’s divorce, might (or might not) have hired a hit man to kill their ex-son-in-law. The novel is a suspenseful, hard-to-put-down mystery about a murder, but more than that, it’s a morally complex exploration of family love and loyalty, and the hard-to-solve questions of escalation, anger and the possibility of forgiveness. By delving deeply into the lives of her characters, Tova Mirvis maps the extremes to which a family will go to protect their own.
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LOUIS GRAVERAET KAUFMAN
Ann Berman
This fascinating biography recounts the life and legacy of a titan of American banking, Louis Graveraet Kaufman (1870–1942). Known as LG, he was a Gatsbyesque figure who married into great wealth and then amassed far more of his own. When he was denied entry into the exclusive and Protestant Huron Mountain Club, LG responded by building his own retreat: a 26,000-square-foot behemoth. Named Granot Loma, it became the site of lavish Prohibition-era parties, attracting celebrities who came in private rail cars to enjoy jazz and liquor at chez Kaufman. This is his journey, from barefoot boy to astute businessman and glamorous press darling.
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JERUSALEM STONE
Susan Sofayov
Julie Wasserman’s whole world is in pieces. Already reeling from the loss of her job, her heart is shattered when her twin brother dies in a car accident. Determined to honor her sibling, she takes his dream trip to Thailand…only to be pestered on the beach by a hunky, dreadlocked Israeli intellectual. But grief consumes her as he patiently tries to ignite her spirituality, win her heart and prove they are beshert. Will she choose love or remain locked in her paralyzing grief?
“An impeccably good and moving story.”—Reader’s Favorite
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THE JEWISH WAY TO A GOOD LIFE
Rabbi Shira Stutman
For as long as Judaism has been a religion, “Jewish” has been a culture—one whose unique blend of ritual and realism has kept its people going for some 3,000 years. Rabbi Shira Stutman invites readers of every faith to do chesed (good work), foster tzedek (justice), practice shabbat (rest) and ultimately find happiness.
For anyone seeking community, meaning or simply “something more,” The Jewish Way to a Good Life offers practical, time-tested ways to enrich our daily routines and engage those around us. By looking in and reaching out, we can all help tikkun olam—heal the world.
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THE WALL AT THE SUGAR FACTORY
Sherry V. Ostroff
Shaindel Pogrebiski’s world is shattered by the brutal pogroms following the Russian Revolution. To survive, she flees with her daughter—but where can they go? What country will take in Jews? The world is indifferent to the bloodbath upending their lives.
Investigation into 20th-century pogroms has refocused the beginning of the Holocaust. The pogroms, 1918-1921, normalized the massacre of Jews, paving the way for future atrocities. Twenty years later, at the behest of the Nazi regime, Ukrainians stepped forward and murdered their Jewish neighbors.
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NAVIGATOR DOWN! A JEWISH P.O.W. IN NAZY GERMANY
Rick Lockenbach
Lt. David Stein was a navigator on a B-17 bomber during WWII. He was captured after his plane was shot down over Germany on mission number 40. What was it like for him and other Jewish-American POWs held captive in Germany, when they knew that Nazis were exterminating European Jews? One Amazon reviewer says: “The chapter ‘Special Treatment for Jewish POWs’ gave me chills as I read about the courageousness of the Jewish POWs in keeping their faith and of the steadfast determination of the other POWs to protect their Jewish comrades-in-arms from a fate unknown.”
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RETURN TO THE PLACE I NEVER LEFT
Tobias Schiff
Required reading in Belgian schools, this personal testament to survival, resilience and the complex legacy of the Holocaust is available for the first time in English. Schiff was a teenager when Nazis deported his family to Auschwitz from Antwerp, Belgium, and he spent the next 33 agonizing months in concentration camps. This deeply personal memoir-in-verse explores personal faith, identity, memory and trauma across a lifetime interrupted by suffering. As racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia continue to pollute the modern era, his pain—imparted through concise, rhythmic verse—serves as a reminder of our collective humanity and a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit.
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THE KIDDUSH LADIES
Susan Sofayov
Life-long friends Naomi, Miriam and Becky are approaching middle-age gracefully—until life tosses each woman a crisis…
When Becky, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, learns of her only son’s engagement to a non-Jew, she rallies against the marriage. After Naomi’s husband leaves her for a man, she hates the empty side of the bed. Miriam, an only child, cannot lose her substitute sisters—Becky and Naomi.
Then a dusty discovery delivers a potentially lethal blow to their friendship. While two of the women fight to save the relationship, one desires nothing more than its demise.
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RBG’S BRAVE & BRILLIANT WOMEN: 33 JEWISH WOMEN TO INSPIRE EVERYONE
Nadine Epstein
Learn who Justice Ginsburg admired—and why her work was so important. This collection of biographies of brave and brilliant Jewish women selected in collaboration with the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg includes an introduction written by the late Supreme Court justice herself. This intergenerational book also recounts the life story of Justice Ginsburg and tells why these Jewish women were important to her. Published by Random House, it includes a call to action.
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FROM HERE: LESSONS IN LOVE & LOSS FROM 9/11
Felice Zaslow
Felice and Ira Zaslow’s love story spanned almost four decades, from the beaches of Far Rockaway to a comfortable suburban existence on the south shore of Long Island.
Then came the morning of September 11, 2001.
Through the days, weeks, and months that followed, Felice had to find her way through unfathomable trauma, on a path she had to forge herself, seeking guidance and role models along the way. This remarkable and inspiring memoir puts a very personal face on a national tragedy, facing down the darkness by looking for the light that is always present.
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BETWEEN THESE WALLS
Michael Newman
What if an unassuming package from Berlin could unravel the mysteries of a man’s own identity, changing his life forever? In Between These Walls, Newman delivers a multi-layered historical saga centered on New York Jewish art curator Daniel Singer, whose search for his past pulls him into the murky depths of World War II’s legacy, espionage and personal secrets. Singer’s journey becomes a masterful exploration of truth, resilience and the costs of confronting the past, taking the reader through the end of WWI, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the Holocaust, WWII and the founding of the State of Israel, and the protagonist’s dilemma to “right the most heinous of wrongs.”
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CAN ROBOTS BE JEWISH?
Amy E. Schwartz
Should we edit our children’s genes? Are there things that can’t be forgiven? Should Jews strive to be happy? Do Jews believe in the afterlife? Can robots be Jewish? In this book, rabbis spanning the range of modern Jewish thought, from Humanist to Reform to Orthodox and beyond, consider these difficult and provocative questions and many others. Sometimes they agree—but not often. Editor Amy E. Schwartz provides delightful commentary, celebrating the rabbinic impulse to question every assumption and highlighting the many and sometimes surprising ways ancient texts can speak to us today.
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