Looking to take a break from social media this winter? I’m right there with you! But before you log off for the season, be sure to browse one or more of these fifteen exciting new titles. To give you a peek: they include poems informed by the Book of Genesis, recipes for the Jewish holidays, and scenes out of Burning Man.
Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story by Jordan Salama
The Hebrew Teacher: Three Novellas by Maya Arad; Jessica Cohen, trans.
City of Laughter: A Novel by Temim Fruchter
Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair by Maurice Samuels
unalone by Jessica Jacobs
Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine by Micah Siva; Adeena Sussman, fwd.
Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story by Keren Blankfeld
Mother Doll: A Novel by Katya Apekina
Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes by Moshe Kasher
A Brutal Design: A Novel by Zachary C. Solomon
Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni; Paul Olchváry, trans.; Jonathan Freedland, fwd.
The Secret That Is Not a Secret: Ten Heretical Tales by Jay Michaelson
Fervor: A Novel by Toby Lloyd
The Jewish Holiday Table: A World of Recipes, Traditions & Stories to Celebrate All Year Long by Naama Shefi and the Jewish Food Society
Kyra Lisse is Jewish Book Council’s Associate Editor. She holds a BA in creative writing and Latin from Franklin & Marshall College and an MFA in creative writing from Hollins University. Her email is kyra@jewishbooks.org.