The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
By: Sandra Fox
3.74
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In the decades directly following the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders anxiously debated how to p…
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1. A Dying Colonialism
By: Frantz Fanon , Haakon Chevalier
4.02
Format: None pages, Paperback
An incisive and illuminating account of how, during the Algerian Revolution, the people of Algeria … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
2. Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America
By: Steven J. Ross
3.91
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
- jewish
3. Playing for Pizza
By: John Grisham
4.25
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship gam… read more
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4. Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life-in Judaism (after Finally Choosing to Look There)
By: Sarah Hurwitz
4.44
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A renowned political speechwriter rediscovers Judaism, finding timeless wisdom and spiritual connec… read more
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- judaism
- nonfiction
- religion
- jewish
5. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
By: Dara Horn
4.36
Format: 237 pages, Hardcover
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating ess… read more
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- history
- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
"Evil' may or may not be banal, but killing Jews sure is."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"between the raindrops" - a Hebrew expression for evading repeated disaster."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"Sometimes your body is someone else's haunted house. Other people look at you and can only see the dead."-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
"There are so few Jews in the world: even in the United States, we are barely 2 percent of the population, a minority among minorities... Statistically speaking, nothing that happens to Jews should be…"-Dara Horn, People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
6. The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
By: Sharon Brous
4.54
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community bas… read more
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- judaism
- nonfiction
- religion
- jewish
7. City of Laughter
By: Temim Fruchter
3.78
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood… read more
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- historical
- jewish
8. Kissing Kosher
By: Jean Meltzer
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don’t fall in love… Avital Cohen isn’t wearing underpants… read more
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- jewish
9. Tunnels
By: Rutu Modan
3.75
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A race for the Ark of the Covenant finds an exploration into the ethics and world of the internatio… read more
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- jewish
"In this confusing state of affairs when each fact is immediately contrasted with a counter-fact and everyone is branded a liar, when the word truth can be used only in apology and within quotation ma…"-Rutu Modan, Tunnels
10. Kantika
By: Elizabeth Graver
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New … read more
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- historical
- judaism
- religion
- jewish
"Ken sos tu? I am Rebecca (Rivka, Rebekah) from my mother’s mother and the wife of Isaac in the Bible. The name means “to tie firmly"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
"Where are you going, where have you been? Do you have children? How was the voyage? What is the news of the world? What can I do for you? Please, sit. Eat. She’ll give them the name of Villa Erna, th…"-Elizabeth Graver, Kantika
11. The Hebrew Teacher
By: Maya Arad
4.04
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome cris… read more
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- jewish
"״ילד לא צריך בכלל מסיבה גדולה עד גיל ארבע,״ פוסקת רוית. ״מה, בארץ עושים רק עם הסבתות, הדודים...״ ״אבל זו הבעיה, אין פה סבתות,״ היא מחווה את דעתה. ״איי,״ מלכה מסכימה, ״זאת בדיוק הבעיה. אין פה סבתות.״"-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher
"יועד לוגם מהכוס ומעווה את פניו. ״חרא קפה.״ ״בפעם הבאה תלך לקפה מול הספרייה,״ היא מציעה לו טיפ של מקומיים. רק לפני שנה פתחו אותו, וכל הקמפוס מדבר עליו: כמו בניו יורק, כמו בסן פרנסיסקו, בסיאטל: קלייה ע…"-Maya Arad, The Hebrew Teacher
12. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
By: Emmanuel Acho
4.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more
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- history
- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
13. Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted
By: Daniel Sokatch
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
National Jewish Book Award finalist An essential and accessible introduction to one of the most … read more
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- history
- jewish
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
14. Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai
By: Matti Friedman
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The incredible never-before-told story of Leonard Cohen's 1973 tour of Israel during the Yom Kippur… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- history
- jewish
15. Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes
By: Moshe Kasher
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A riotous, whirlwind tour through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics … read more
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- nonfiction
- jewish
16. The Pomegranate Gate (The Mirror Realm Cycle, #1)
By: Ariel Kaplan
3.99
Format: 545 pages, Hardcover
Ariel Kaplan’s The Pomegranate Gate is the lyrical first installment of the Mirror Realm Cycle, a v… read more
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- historical
- jewish
17. I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
By: Laura van den Berg
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An urgent and unsettling collection of women on the verge from Laura van den Berg, author of The Th… read more
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"She was always telling people to shut the fuck up . It was a term of endearment."-Laura van den Berg, I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
"...this is the problem with translating experience into fiction, the way certain truths read like lies."-Laura van den Berg, I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
"I was an attentive child; the world seemed like a bewildering place and I wanted all the knowledge I could come by."-Laura van den Berg, I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
"Margot has always wanted to be the kind of person who can become too distraught to eat, but the truth is funerals make her hungry."-Laura van den Berg, I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories
18. On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
By: Danya Ruttenberg
4.46
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm--from personal trans… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- jewish
"Before we even understand what repentance is, we’re instructed to name, out loud, the harm that we have caused."-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
"[W]e all know that sometimes people mean well but cause harm nonetheless—out of ignorance, out of carelessness, out of deeply ingrained ways of thinking they haven't examined, out of an emotional rea…"-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
19. Goyhood
By: Reuven Fenton
4.07
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Funny, poignant, and revelatory while plumbing the emotional depths of the relationship between est… read more
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- judaism
- jewish
20. The Golem of Brooklyn
By: Adam Mansbach
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated t… read more
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- religion
- jewish
21. Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America
By: Rafael Medoff
4.05
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
A compelling nonfiction graphic novel, set on the stage of World War II, Whistleblowers is the true… read more
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- history
22. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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- cultural
- american history
- history
- nonfiction
23. Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
By: Shai Held
4.57
Format: 546 pages, Hardcover
A profound, startling new understanding of Jewish life, illuminating the forgotten heart of Jewish … read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- jewish
24. Nuclear Family
By: Joseph Han
3.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Set in the months leading up to the 2018 nuclear missile false alarm, a Korean American family livi… read more
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25. Street Corner Dreams: A Novel
By: Florence Reiss Kraut
4.22
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
A suspenseful family saga, love story, and gangster tale, wrapped into one great book club read . .… read more
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26. Once More with Chutzpah
By: Haley Neil
3.96
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
A moving YA debut about a girl who grapples with questions of her Jewish identity, mental health st… read more
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- jewish
"Without this land, my family probably wouldn’t be alive."-Haley Neil, Once More with Chutzpah
"Israel is the only place in the world with a Jewish majority. Some believe this is important to give a voice in the global and political sphere to a whole group of people who have historically been p…"-Haley Neil, Once More with Chutzpah
27. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
By: Margalit Fox
3.48
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Jewish mother of four, a gracious society hostess, a beloved member of her community—and the firs… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- jewish
28. The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
By: Sandra Fox
3.74
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In the decades directly following the Holocaust, American Jewish leaders anxiously debated how to p… read more
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- cultural
- american history
- academia
- history
- jewish
- historical
- judaism
- religion
- nonfiction
29. Banal Nightmare
By: Halle Butler
3.64
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A ferocious novel by one of the boldest voices in American fiction and the author of The New Me, th… read more
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30. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
By: Rachelle Bergstein
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
