Before February- Heart Month- runs away from us, let’s look at some Jewish love stories. Love can hurt or heal, challenge or comfort, uplift or oppress. But it’s all around us.
The following list is a mix of fiction and non-fiction. Most are in the Lampert Library’s collection.
Full descriptions of most books are available on the library’s website: shomrei.org/library
Anton, The Choice
Blake, Naamah
Colbert, Little & Lion
Corona, Mapmaker’s Daughter
Diaz, Color Me In
Edwards, The Thread Collectors
Hertmans, The Convert
Kraus, The History of Love
Lamb, When the Angels Left the Old Country
Loigman, The Matchmaker’s Gift: a novel
Meltzer, The Matzah Ball
Prose, Vixen
Rothman, Sadness is a White Bird
Shalev, Pain
Solomon, The Book of V
Wecker, The Hidden Palace
NONFICTION
Feiler, The First Love Story: Adam, Eve and us
Gad, The Color of Love
Gellman, Always wear clean underwear: And other ways parents say “I love you”
Kohner, Hannah & Walter: A love story
Ruttenberg, Surprised by God: How I learned to stop worrying and love religion
Shapiro, Inheritance: A memoir of genealogy, paternity, and love
Wildman, Paper love: Searching for the girl my grandfather left behind
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