From the acclaimed author of Foreskin’s Lament, a memoir of the author’s attempt to escape the biblical story he’d been raised on and his struggle to construct a new story for himself and his family.
In 1902, the funeral of Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph in New York’s Lower East Side turned violent when antisemitic factory workers and police attacked mourners, sparking outrage and reform across the city.
Rest, community, and celebration are for everyone in this radical, refreshing book―where traditional Jewish wisdom becomes essential advice for today.
The author of Modern Girls delivers an atmospheric coming-of-age story set in Prohibition-era New York, tracing one immigrant family’s fortunes and a young girl’s journey from the schoolyard to the speakeasy.
Part memoir, part sermon collection, Heart of a Stranger tells the story of Rabbi/Cantor Angela Buchdahl. The daughter of a Korean Buddhist mother and an American Jewish father, Buchdahl traces the many twists and turns she took to find her way to becoming…
