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Essay Transmission of Memory Earlier this week, Yehuda Kurtzer wrote about a recent Commentary article by Jack Wertheimer. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Yehuda Kurtzer June 6, 2012
Nonfiction Every Mother is a Daughter: The Neverending Quest for Success, Inner Peace, and a Really Clean Kitchen Perri Klass, Sheila Solomon Klass
Nonfiction Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality John Schwartz
Nonfiction The Bar Mitzvah and The Beast: One Family’s Cross-Country Ride of Passage by Bike Matt Biers-Ariel
Visual Arts Jewish Mothers: Strength, Wisdom, Compassion Lloyd Wolf and Paula Wolfson; Anne Roiphe, fwd.
Nonfiction Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kid’s “Go-To” Person about Sex Deborah Roffman
Nonfiction Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way Mayim Bialik; Jay Gordon, intro.
Nonfiction Loving Every Child: Wisdom for Parents Janusz Korczak; Sandra Joseph, ed.; Ari Goldman, fwd.
Nonfiction The Jewish Values Finder: A Guide to Values in Jewish Children’s Literature Linda R. Silver, for the Association of Jewish Libraries