Allegra Goodman, the arbiter of Jewish American family tsuris, delivers a complex portrait of complicated people living in a world that they find increasingly inscrutable and impenetrable.
A biography of iconic comedian Sid Caesar, a guide to the transformative power of Shabbat and an illustrated book on the broad sweep of Yiddish culture.
Published as part of YIVO’s centennial celebration, ‘100 Objects’ paints a sweeping portrait of more than a thousand years of Eastern European Jewish life.
Howard Langer’s award-winning novel follows the lone survivor of a Polish Hasidic sect and a time when Jews and Blacks found common ground in their struggles.