From Jewish toy tycoons to Yiddish scholars and Southern Jewish communities, these books explore the many people whose stories are woven into the fabric of the United States.

From a groundbreaking history of queer desire during the Holocaust to contemporary Torah commentary, poetry and essays, these books celebrate real Jewish queer stories.

In two recently published books, one memoir, and one nonfiction, Nicholas Lemann and Shari Rabin explore how southern Jews balanced faith, identity and privilege.

Judeo-Iraqi Arabic writer Samantha Ellis explores the details of her heritage through family stories, global travel and historical texts in her new book.

Michael Lowenthal's first collection of essays follows his search for a place to call home as a gay Jewish man shaped by his family's history.

Journalist Amit Segal explores how Israel’s prime ministers—from Golda Meir to Benjamin Netanyahu—made the high-stakes decisions that continue to shape the country’s politics and security today.

Drawing on newly uncovered letters, Anita Wyzanski Robboy chronicles her mother Gisela Warburg Wyzanski’s daring efforts to rescue Jewish children through Youth Aliyah—and her friendship with Henrietta Szold.

Set in Jerusalem, Israeli American author Judy Lev’s latest book tells 12 stories of immigration and exile between the years 1967 and 1999.