The Book of New Israeli Food
Written by Janna Gur
How to Raise a Jewish Child
Written by Anita Diamant and Karen Kushner
Hours of Devotion
Written by Dinah Berland
Benjamin Disraeli
Adam Kirsch
A dandy, a best-selling novelist, and a man of political and sexual intrigue, Benjamin Disraeli was one of the most captivating figures of the nineteenth century. His flirtation with proto-Zionism, his ideas about power and empire, and his fantasies about the Middle East remain prophetically relevant today. Read moreResurrecting Hebrew
Ilan Stavans
Here is the stirring story of how Hebrew was rescued from the fate of a dead language to become the living tongue of a modern nation. Ilan Stavans's quest begins with a dream featuring a beautiful woman speaking an unknown language. When the language turns out to be Hebrew, a friend diagnoses "language withdrawal," and Stavans sets out in search of his own forgotten Hebrew as well as the man who helped revive the language at the end of the nineteenth century, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. Read more
The Montessori Method
Written by Maria Montessori
This book is Montessori's own exposition of the theory behind her innovative educational techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to "free a child to learn through his own efforts".
A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev has been named as a BookSense pick for November! A mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion, Shalev's masterful novel is a tale of lovers then and now—of how deeply we love, of what home is, and why we, like pigeons trained to fly in one direction only, must eventually return to it. Read more
