Great Jewish Bookshelf Stream
A spiritual guide that uses the Jewish High Holy Days as a roadmap for personal growth, reflection, and transformation.
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Rabbi Alan Lew invites readers on a profound journey through the season from Tisha B'Av to Sukkot, framing the Jewish calendar as a process of awakening and rene…
A provocative collection of essays examining why society often celebrates Jewish suffering while overlooking the richness of Jewish life.
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In this award-winning work of nonfiction, Dara Horn challenges readers to reconsider how Jewish history is remembered and presented. Through es…
A powerful historical novel about friendship, courage, and survival as two Jewish women navigate Nazi-occupied Italy during World War II.
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Set in wartime Italy, One Good Thing follows lifelong friends Lili and Esti as antisemitic laws and Nazi occupation upend their lives. When cir…
A witty and poignant novel in which a family shiva is overtaken by mathematicians searching for a legendary proof left behind by a brilliant genius.
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When renowned mathematician Rachela Karnokovitch dies, her son hopes for a quiet week of mourning. Instead, mathematicians from arou…
A moving coming-of-age novel that explores family secrets, identity (is his father Bob Dylan?), and the complicated bonds between mothers and sons.
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When Evan returns home to care for his dying mother, he is forced to confront questions that have followed him his entire life—in…
