I was paralyzed from head to toe—trapped in my own mind. But everything changed when an old man with dementia heard my thoughts."A winning tale" -Kirkus Reviews?"I could not put it down....

From the Borscht Belt shtick of Rodney Dangerfield to the urbane wit of Jerry Seinfeld, Jewish humor has had an enormous influence on modern comedy. Jokes about doctors, jokes about food, jokes about...

Acclaimed as the Middle East's "All Quiet on the Western Front"The first eye-witness account ever published of the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, this riveting memoir of a young Israeli soldier...

21 Lessons for the 21st Century: by Yuval Noah Harari | Conversation StartersPraised for his innovative view of current issues, Yuval Noah Harari continues to use his probing intellect to understand...

"Duras's language and writing shine like crystals."—The New Yorker"A spectacular success. . . . Duras is at the height of her powers."—Edmund WhiteAvailable for the first time in English,...

Today, Australia's response to asylum-seeking 'boat people' is a hot-button issue that feeds the political news cycle. But the daily reports and political promises lack the historical context that...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA 1939 PUBLISHING SENSATIONCan friendship survive in a divided world? Written on the eve of the Holocaust as a series of letters between a Jew in America and his German...

“A rare moral thriller in the tradition of Fahrenheit 451,” this stunning work from the author of Ishmael is set in a white-washed alternate world where Nazis won the war (Village Voice)...

Lily Kovner could not have dreamed that research for a magazine assignment would resurrect a searing memory from her childhood. A fleeting glimpse of a family treasure looted by the Nazis launches...

Fourteen-year-old Alexander Altmann doesn't need to look at the number tattooed on his arm. A10567: he knows it by heart. He also knows that to survive Auschwitz, he has to toughen up. When he is given...

**All or Nothing originally appeared in the Gambled Away limited-time historical romance anthology.**England, 1819—the hottest summer in years…Simon Radcliffe-Gould’s career as an...

An award-winning debut novel about a quirky immigrant’s journey through a multicultural, post-nationalist landscape   Set in Frankfurt, All Russians Love Birch Trees follows a young...

A chance encounter in New York brings two strangers together: Liat is an idealistic translation student, Hilmi a talented young painter. Together they explore the city, share fantasies, jokes and...

Victor Tuchman - a power-hungry real estate developer and all-round bad man - is finally on his deathbed. His daughter Alex can finally unearth the secret of who he really was. She travels to New...

A moving and revealing exploration of ultra-Orthodox Judaism and one man's loss of faithShulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most...

Alan Collins' memoir successfully straddles both history and literature. It is a memoir that has wry appeal to the seasoned Jewish historical reader and the novice alike with its keen observations and...

For one woman in the aftermath of World War I, the City of Light harbors dark secrets and dangerous liaisons. Paris, 1919. Margot Rosenthal has arrived in France with her father, a German diplomat. She...

“Jonathan Rabb is one of my favorite writers, a highly gifted, heart-wise storyteller if ever there was one. What a powerful, moving book.” —David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize and...

Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and a Notable Translated Book of the Year by World Literature Today Winner of the August Prize, the story of the complicated long-distance...

When the tragic death of his son compels Dr. Neil Downs to flee New York City for India, he takes a job as the resident physician at the American Embassy, where he is introduced to the paradoxes of...

The Angel is an award–winning expose about the sensational life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian senior official who spied for Israel.A National Jewish Book Awards WinnerBasis for the...

She found Anne Frank's diary and brought the world a message of love and hope. For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes...

In the first volume of her landmark philosophical work, The Origins of Totalitarianism, the political theorist traces the rise of antisemitism in Europe. Since it was first published in 1951, The...

How and why have anti-Zionism and antisemitism become so radical and widespread? This timely and important volume argues convincingly that today's inflamed rhetoric exceeds the boundaries of legitimate...