Books

Fiction

  1. The Golem & the Jinni - Helene Wecker
  2. The Weight of Ink - Rachel Kadish
  3. The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo
  4. A Conspiracy of Paper - David Liss
  5. City of Laughter - Temim Fruchter
  6. The Goddess of Warsaw - Lisa Barr

Non Fiction

  1. Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property & Nazi Treasure - Menachem Kaiser
  2. Gangsters vs. Nazis: How Jewish Mobsters Battled Nazis in WW2 Era America - Michael Benson
  3. The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath - Senator Joe Lieberman & David Klinghoffer
  4. One Day in October: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories - Yair Agmon & Oriyah Mevorach
  5. The Gates of Gaza - Amir Tibon
  6. Spies of No Country - Matti Friedman

Antisemitism

  1. People Love Dead Jews - Dara Horn
  2. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew - Emmanuel Acho & Noa Tishby
  3. How To Fight Antisemitism - Bari Weiss
  4. Jewish Pride - Ben Freeman
  5. Jews Don’t Count - David Baddiel
  6. Israel Alone - Bernard Henri-Levi
  7. On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates - Zibby Owens (Ed.)

Cookbooks

  1. Shabbat - Recipes and Rituals from my Table to Yours - Adeena Sussman
  2. Peas, Love, and Carrots - Danielle Renov
  3. Millennial Kosher - Chanie Apfelbaum
  4. Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew - Michael Twitty
  5. Jerusalem: A Cookbook - Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi
  6. Second Helpings - Norene Gilletz
  7. Not Too Sweet - Jessica Seinfeld

Kids

  1. Something from Nothing - Phoebe Gilman
  2. And A Cat from Carmel Market (PJ) - Alyssa Satin Capucilli
  3. Don’t Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah - Karen Rostoker - Gruber
  4. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins - Eric Kimmel
  5. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming - Lemony Snicket
  6. The Schlemiel Kids Save the Moon - Audrey Barbakoff
  7. A Dragon for Hanukkah - Ariel Landy

Jewish Thought

  1. Rabbi David Wolpe - Why Faith Matters
  2. Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch - The Lilac Tree
  3. Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler - Movies and Midrash
  4. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks - The Dignity of Difference