A collection of spiritual poetry, bittersweet and playful illustrated stories, and a book about Al Jolson and making of the 1927 film, “The Jazz Singer.”

A cancer memoir from a comedy writer, a book on Irish and Jewish solidarity and a story about Franz Kafka’s first fiancée.

A guide to Jewish feminist Bette Middler’s career, a novel of Talmudic stories and a newly translated account of the Spanish Civil War from a Yiddish reporter.

A graphic novel and more stories on love, happiness and the Russian Jewish experience.

A spiritual book from one of the most influential rabbis in America, a memoir on love after 50 and more stories for the soul.

Take your pick from Yiddish essays and thrillers to Barbra Streisand's new memoir and the tale of a Jewish puppetta.

'It’s a generational change,' Ayelet Gundar-Goshen says. 'Women can write novels that will tell the great Israeli stories as much as men.'

New year, new books! Take your pick from a whimsical graphic novel exploring dreams to a novella about a 17th century Jewess living in the Venice Ghetto.