Just Say Nu - Yiddish for Every Occasion

Just Say Nu – Yiddish for Every Occasion

Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won’t Do) by Michael Wex “Now that Stephen Colbert, a Catholic from South Carolina and host of the…

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Reading Ruth

Reading Ruth

Contemporary Women Reclaim a Sacred Story Edited by Judith A. Kates and Gail Twersky Reimer The Book of Ruth, perhaps the most beautiful story of love…

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Jerusalem The Biography

Jerusalem The Biography

by Simon Sebag Montefiore In this current best-seller, Montefiore draws on new archives, current scholarship, his own family papers and a lifetime’s study, to illuminate…

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Jerusalem: Sacred City of Mankind

Jerusalem: Sacred City of Mankind

A History of Forty Centuries by Teddy Kolleck and Moshe Pearlman Jerusalem Sacred City of Mankind is richly illustrated, in colour and black-and-white, with both…

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Miriam's Cup: A Passover Story

Miriam’s Cup: A Passover Story

Miriam’s Cup: A Passover Story by Fran Manushkin (Illustrated by Bob Dacey) A prolific writer of Jewish holiday stories for children, Fran Manushkin brings to…

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A Living Covenant by the Late Rabbi David Hartman

A Living Covenant by the Late Rabbi David Hartman

The Innovative Spirit in Traditional Judaism “With passion and erudition, David Hartman argues for a version of Judaism that is at once faithful to the…

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Jewish Museums of North America

Jewish Museums of North America

A Guide to Collections, Artifacts, and Memorabilia by Nancy Frazier A unique guide to Jewish museums and collections located throughout North America, including both major…

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The Elected and the Chosen

The Elected and the Chosen

Why American Presidents Have Supported Jews and Israel from George Washington to Barack Obama   I think of myself as quite knowledgable with regard to…

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