Mr. Fibber and Eddie Spaghetti, beloved characters created by poet-playwright Lea Goldberg in pre-state Israel, are given new life in fresh translations from comic publisher Fantagraphics.
Gleeful children's titles celebrate Hanukkah with a magic dreidel, trucks—even a kugel, while other stories for kids provide lesson on Yiddish and Jewish history.
A paean to 1940s New York, Kitty Zeldis' novel explores sexism and racism through the friendship between a young Jewish woman and wealthy, married WASP.