6 must-read judaism books like The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City by Scott D. Seligman

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The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City

By: Scott D. Seligman

4.09

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

2020–21 Reader Views Literary Award, Gold Medal Winner 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award, Gold …

If you liked the judaism plot in The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City by Scott D. Seligman , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory

By: Lydia Reeder

3.76

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling, cinematic story. I loved every minute I spent with these bold, daring women whose rem… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"A coach is not supposed to win popularity contests, Vera. Only games."

-Lydia Reeder, Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory

"Coaching young women to be precise, skilled, and strong became Babb’s calling. And his first-ever coaching job ended with a winning season."

-Lydia Reeder, Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory

"Doll took a deep breath and willed herself to relax. She hoped that since she was the team captain, others would follow her lead and focus on the task at hand."

-Lydia Reeder, Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team That Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory

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2. Voyage of the Damned

By: Gordon Thomas , Max Morgan-Witts

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This book is a meticulous reconstruction of a tragic episode in the history of the Nazi persecution… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Secret Chord

By: Geraldine Brooks

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Peeling away the myth to bring the Old Testament's King David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Br… read more

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  • jewish

4. Oreo

By: Harryette Mullen , Fran Ross

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

One of a few works of satire written by African American women, Oreois an uproariously funny novel … read more

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5. Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields

By: Wendy Lower

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

History has it that the role of women in Nazi Germany was to be the perfect Hausfrau, produce the n… read more

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6. The History of Love

By: Nicole Krauss

4.39

Format: None pages,

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found  Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying t… read more

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7. Jews Don't Count

By: David Baddiel

4.21

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Jews Don’t Count is a book for people on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • judaism
  • history
  • jewish
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8. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

By: Fannie Flagg

4.10

Format: 283 pages, Hardcover

The beloved author returns to the small town at the heart of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle St… read more

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"They wolfed wolfly in the wolf den."

-Fannie Flagg, The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

"You know, life can be hard sometimes. And I sort of think animals are little gifts the good Lord sends to help us get through it. Lady sure did that for me."

-Fannie Flagg, The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

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9. Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories

By: Mike Rothschild

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With the current rise of antisemitism, this important book looks at how one Jewish family —the Roth… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • judaism
  • history
  • jewish
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10. Night Watch

By: Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more

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11. The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

By: Douglas Brunt

4.23

Format: 374 pages, Kindle Edition

This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family h…"

-Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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12. James

By: Percival Everett

4.54

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more

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13. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

By: Noa Tishby

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • judaism
  • history
  • jewish
"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"

-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

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14. Day

By: Michael Cunningham

3.57

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more

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"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"

-Michael Cunningham, Day

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15. Friends and Strangers

By: J. Courtney Sullivan

3.65

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An insightful, hilarious, and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between tw… read more

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"But because she had put in the time, she could now go anywhere."

-J. Courtney Sullivan, Friends and Strangers

"Elisabeth pictured drunk teenage girls in cutoffs swinging back and forth, shrieking as they let go. Still making the kinds of bad choices that ultimately didn't matter."

-J. Courtney Sullivan, Friends and Strangers

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16. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

By: Gad Saad

3.94

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism has never been more seriously threate… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We envy people whose traits compete with our desirability as a mate."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"Any human endeavor rooted in the pursuit of truth must rely on fact and not feelings."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"To be a truly wise person requires that we recognize those domains best served by our intellect versus those best guided by our emotions."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

"There is no "black mind" or "white mind", no "white male of knowing", there is only one truth, and we find it through the scientific method."

-Gad Saad, Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense

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18. 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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  • judaism
  • 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

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19. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

By: Ilyon Woo

3.99

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller | New York Times 10 Best Books of 2023 The remarkable true story of El… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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20. Orbital

By: Samantha Harvey

3.73

Format: 207 pages, Hardcover

A slender novel of epic power, Orbital  deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more

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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"The past comes, the future, the past, the future. It's always now, it's never now."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"Raw space is a panther, feral and primal; they dream it stalking through their quarters."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."

-Samantha Harvey, Orbital

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21. Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Johann Hari

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs u… read more

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  • food
  • nonfiction
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22. Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict

By: Oren Kessler

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Winner, 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature One of the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • jewish
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23. The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

By: Seb Falk

3.68

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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24. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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25. Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

By: József Debreczeni

4.53

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

The first English language edition of a lost memoir by a Holocaust survivor, offering a shocking an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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26. House on Endless Waters

By: Emuna Elon

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of The Invisible Bridge and The History of Love, a lyrical and exquisitely moving novel ab… read more

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  • jewish
"In order to hand me over she had to detach herself from herself, and afterward she never managed to get back inside herself and continued, long after the war ended, living outside herself and observi…"

-Emuna Elon, House on Endless Waters

"Two thousand five hundred. According to the documents Yoel has studied, that was the number of Jewish children hidden by Christian families during the war. Two thousand five hundred Jewish children, …"

-Emuna Elon, House on Endless Waters

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27. The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

By: Steve Leder

4.45

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The national bestseller From the author of the bestselling More Beautiful Than Before comes an … read more

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  • judaism
  • nonfiction
"This is the beauty and the tragedy of my father's life and death. For him, for me, for most of us at the time, for better and for worse, death is life's mirror."

-Steve Leder, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

"Understanding death - its rituals, its lessons, its gift to reshape love through memory, its grief, its powerful reminder that it is not what but who we have that matters - gives our lives exquisite …"

-Steve Leder, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

"It is the impermanence of the body that has convinced me of the eternality of the soul. Physics tells us that energy never dies, it merely assumes a different form. I never feel this more deeply than…"

-Steve Leder, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

"When you show people a picture of a circle with a small wedge cut out of it, their eyes first go to the missing piece every time. It is easy among the doctors, the needles, and the tubes to lose sigh…"

-Steve Leder, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift

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28. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

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"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

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29. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

By: Elle Reeve

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

This tour de force of investigative journalism—in the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Pola… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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30. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House

By: Nancy Pelosi

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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31. The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City

By: Scott D. Seligman

4.09

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

2020–21 Reader Views Literary Award, Gold Medal Winner 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award, Gold … read more

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  • history
  • jewish
  • judaism
  • food
  • nonfiction

14 Top history books like The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City by Scott D. Seligman

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Lydia Reeder

3.76

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Voyage of the Damned

Gordon Thomas , Max Morgan-Witts

4.07

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Jews Don't Count

David Baddiel

4.21

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Mike Rothschild

3.84

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Yiyun Li

3.75

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Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

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