Books

The first time in Yiddish! Pride and Prejudice - Gayve un Forurtl By Jane Austen - Volume One Translated by Barry Goldstein Dos ershte mol oyf Yidish! Gayve un Forurtl Fun Dzheyn Austen - Band Eyns Ibergezetst fun Berish Goldshteyn דאָס ערשטע מאָל אױף...

Facebook published a book of business advise from leading British businesswoman, including Jewish entrepreneurs, the social-media giant announced on Thursday. “Make it Work: Lessons from Life in Business” is a collection of stories from 14 leading women...

Hope is not a noun regional analysts of the Red-Sea-Rim associate with Somalia. Regardless of their optic — political, security, cultural, economic — most analysts offer,  following the Africanist school of Martin Meredith, grim reasons...

Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind by Eduard Shyfin, illustrations by Tomislav Tomic; White Rose Pubilshing, 2019, ISBN 9781912-802150, 188 pages; $19.99. Siblings Aaron and Stella eat some magic sushi and they...

Harry Potter Un Der Filosofisher Shteyn This translation would not have been possible if not for the efforts of four committed colleagues: Yankl-Peretz Blum, whose linguistic guidance significantly leveled up the quality of the text;...

River by Shira Nayman; Guernica Editions, 2020; ISBN 9781771-834575; 255 pages; $25. “River,” in the context of this novel, is a metaphor for the continuity of life. As Emily, 14, would hear from a wise African man...

Jews in Medicine, Contributions to Health and Healing through the Age by Ronald L. Eisenberg Jerusalem and New York: Urim Publications, 2019, 464 pages, $29.12 This 464-page encyclopedic reference book starts with the Talmud and...

The opening quote sets the tone for a remarkable book, My Opposition, the Diary of Friedrich Kellner, a German against the Third Reich (1939-1945), edited by Robert Scott Kellner. This month, a new paperback edition is...

The groundbreaking online dictionary you have been “sitting on shpilkes” for has finally arrived! The League for Yiddish is thrilled to bring you the "Comprehensive ONLINE English-Yiddish Dictionary", Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath & Paul Glasser, co-editors-in-chief based...

Here, at last, is a fresh, new way to think about Jewish food. In The Seasonal Jewish Kitchen, Amelia Saltsman takes us far beyond deli meats and kugel to a world of diverse flavors...