It may be a beautiful winter day today, but it’s still winter and there are many more opportunities for enforced days at home.
Those days are great for catching up on movies, binge-watching TV shows you may have missed, making a big pot of soup, and curling up with a good book. So much more enjoyable than straightening the sock drawer.
Be prepared and borrow one of these – or thousands more on our shelves – so you have a book at the ready.
Zion’s Fiction: a treasury of Israeli speculative literature. Showcases the best Israeli science fiction and fantasy literature published since the 1980s
Bonert, The Mandela Plot. Set in South Africa as apartheid dies.
De Hart, Ruth Bader Ginsburg: a life. First comprehensive biography of the transformational justice.
Frankel-Fersel, Converted Masters: world famous masterpieces with a Jewish twist. Converts classic art masterpieces into Jewish counterparts.
Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz. Follows Dita as she oversees the Auschwitz “library.” (YA)
Klein Halevi, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor. A look into the heart of an Israeli.
Koenig, Modern Jewish Cooking: recipes and customs for today’s kitchen. Beautiful pictures; delicious recipes.
Kurshan, If All the Seas were Ink: a memoir. Works through her life’s problems in the context of the Talmud.
Morris, Gateway to the Moon. Miguel Torres tries to solve the mystery of his family and town.
Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz. A true tale (maybe) of survival.
Nathan, King Solomon’s Table: a culinary explanation of Jewish cooking from around the world
Nevo, Three Floors Up. The interconnected lives of the residents of a small Tel Aviv building
Novik, Spinning Silver. Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin with Jewish overtones. A satisfying read.
Rich, A Trial in Venice. Concludes the story of the Jewish midwife.
Rosen, The Chosen Game: a Jewish basketball history. When Jews were the stars.
Rosenfeld, The Worlds We Think We Know. Stories about Jewish life in all its painful absurdity in the United States and in Israel
Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood. A mixture of fantasy, fairytale and historical fiction.
Roy, Hedy Lamarr: an incredible life. Graphic nevel biography of “the most beautiful woman in the world.”
Seiffert, A Boy in Winter. Set in Ukraine, captures the looming horror of the Holocaust.
Silverman, Casting Lots: creating a family in a beautiful, broken world. Silverman works to create and maintain a family.
Silva, The Other Woman. One of Silva’s best; hits contemporary events as usual.
Solomonov, Israeli Soul: easy, essential, delicious. Gorgeous photos.
Tigay, The Lost Book of Moses: the hunt for the world’s oldest Bible. A Biblical treasure hunt.
Weisman, The Chosen Wars: how Judaism became an American religion. How Judaism changed and adapted to America.
Yolen, Mapping the Bones. Expansive, eloquent novel about siblings Chaim and Gittel Abromowitz, 14-year-old twins connected by a secret language and a fierce love for each other. (YA)
image: “reading in snow” by Rochelle, just rochelle is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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