Gift Books
Someday This Will Be a Funny Story: The Quotable Nora Ephron
$20.00 USD
From “the queen of quips” (The New York Times) comes an inspiring and hilarious quote collection about everything that matters—love and heartbreak, good food and good company, aging well and...
Words Have Wings: Parsha Poetry
$20.00 USD
Local educator, photographer, and poet Leann Shamash compiles her poems on the weekly Torah portion in this lovely paperback. Paperback 180 pages Published in 2022
Tahini Baby: Bright, Everyday Recipes That Happen to Be Vegetarian
$35.00 USD
An irresistible celebration of veg-forward Middle Eastern- and Mediterranean-inspired recipes guaranteed to bring fresh flavors and liven up your table, from the beloved TV personality, cookbook author, and creator of...
Not Too Sweet
$32.50 USD
In her five cookbooks to date, Jessica Seinfeld has shown readers that healthy eating need not be a chore or a bore. Now she’s back to show you that this...
Gazoz: The Art of Making Magical, Seasonal Sparkling Drinks
$17.95 USD
ZERO ALCOHOL, 100% DELICIOUSNESSStarting with plain sparkling soda, a gazoz layers in fresh fruits and flowers, aromatic herbs and spices, ferments, syrups, and other artisanal ingredients, all to create a...
Sammy Spider's First Taste of Hanukkah: A Cookbook
$7.99 USD
This 15th book in the Sammy Spider series finds Sammy and his human friend Josh presenting a delightful cookbook of Hanukkah recipes and crafts. With four chapters of Hanukkah recipes...
Why Am I a Jew? A Contemporary Guide for the Perplexed
$18.99 USD
The Jewish people must form a response to one of the most dramatic periods in their long history. As their collective culture is transformed and revolutionized, necessary questions are asked—and...
Gursha: Timeless Recipes for Modern Kitchens, from Ethiopia, Israel, Harlem, and Beyond
$37.00 USD
A joyous celebration of Ethiopian Jewish cuisine: more than one hundred accessible and healthy recipes, stories, and traditions from the intersection of the African and Jewish diasporas.In Gursha, which loosely...
The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton
$21.95 USD
In The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Porwancher debunks a string of myths about the origins of this founding father to arrive at a startling conclusion: Hamilton, in all...
Ketubah Renaissance: The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract
$39.95 USD
Illuminating the contemporary revival of the Jewish marriage contract, Ketubah Renaissance relays the storied history of this beloved document (known in Hebrew as a ketubah) through the present day and...
Mazel Tov! Inspirational Quotes, Statements and Proverbs to Celebrate an Awesome Friend
$10.99 USD
This is for those family members and friends who deserve a little reminder of how well they're doing, that their dreams are possible, and that their future is bright. Wish...
Dinner Party Animal: Recipes to Make Every Day a Celebration
$35.00 USD
An impromptu cocktail party, casual brunch with friends, or celebratory dinner with family—food just tastes better when shared. For chef Jake Cohen, making a homemade meal from scratch for those...
Comedy Nerd
$50.00 USD
In this revelatory scrapbook memoir, Apatow has pulled hundreds of personal photographs, letters, scripts, drafts, and paired them with never-before-told stories to create a unique-in-format, deeply-personal-in-tone account of a storied...
I Could Nosh
$35.00 USD
nosh /näSH/ verb: eat food enthusiastically or greedily; eat between meals. “Here bubuleh, I made you a tuna sandwich to nosh on while I get closer to death without any grandchildren.” For New...
Something Delicious: 100 Recipes for Everyday Cooking
$35.00 USD
When learning to cook you’re often told to rely on your senses: tasting as you go, listening for a sizzle when steak hits the pan. But in Something Delicious, Lindsey...
The 100 Most Jewish Foods (A Highly Debatable List), hc
$24.95 USD
By Alana Newhouse With contributions from Ruth Reichl, Éric Ripert, Joan Nathan, Michael Solomonov, Dan Barber, Yotam Ottolenghi, Tom Colicchio, Maira Kalman, Melissa Clark, and many more!Tablet’s list of the...
Matzah and Flour: Recipes from the History of the Sephardic Jews
$40.00 USD
Matzah and Flour: Recipes from the History of the Sephardic Jews offers a tantalizing exploration of the central role of matzah and flour in Sephardic cuisine. Journey through centuries of tradition...
Totally Kosher
$37.50 USD
More than 150 fun, flavorful, and modern kosher recipes inspired by dishes from around the world—featuring quick-and-easy weekday meals, traditional recipes, and unfussy holiday dinners from the creator of the...
The Dirty Dancing Cookbook
$27.99 USD
A modern twist on traditional kosher dishes from the 1960s, recipes feature step-by-step instructions alongside stunning food and film photography. This book is designed to make meal prep feel like...
Open Judaism: A Guide for Believers, Atheists, and Agnostics
$24.95 USD
In honest, engaging language Barry L. Schwartz, a practicing rabbi and writer, presents traditional, secular-humanistic, and liberal Jewish views on nine major topics—God, soul, Torah, halakhah, Jewish identity, inclusion, Israel,...
Dreaming Bigger: Jewish Leadership for Teens
$17.95 USD
Teen leaders are dreaming, planning, and raising the social consciousness of those around them. They are questioning the status quo, using technology to do good, and pushing others to do...
Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
$39.95 USD
Following the 1972 Olympics one sportswriter referred to Mark Spitz, winner of seven gold medals, as “the first great Jewish athlete.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. As Jewish Sports...
Beyond Dispute: Rediscovering the Jewish Art of Constructive Disagreement
$29.99 USD
In our age of seemingly irreconcilable differences, argument is increasingly seen as a plague to be avoided or a contest to be won. Daniel Taub, an experienced peace negotiator and...
Tablets Shattered: The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life
$32.00 USD
Tablets Shattered is Joshua Leifer’s lively and personal history of the fractured American Jewish present. Formed in the middle decades of the twentieth century, the settled-upon pillars of American Jewish...
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
$27.99 USD
Informative and accessible, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew has a unique structure: Acho asks questions and Tishby answers them with deeply personal, historical, and political responses. This book will enable...
P Is for Pastrami: The ABCs of Jewish Food
$8.99 USD
From apples and honey all the way to zhug, this alphabet book is a delightfully delicious introduction to Jewish food. It’s perfect for board book readers with a funny bone,...
Zahav Home: Cooking for Friends & Family
$40.00 USD
Award-winning chefs and bestselling authors of the James Beard Award–winning Zahav, Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook invite you to cook the way they do at home, with 125 new recipes for simple and achievable meals....
Let My People Laugh: Greatest Jewish Jokes of All Time!
$24.99 USD
In Let My People Laugh, director, producer, and humorist Sal Litvak takes the reader on a joyous journey through the rich tapestry of Jewish humor, where wit and wisdom intertwine in the...
The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
$18.00 USD
From Adam & Eve to Zabar’s, this humorous survey of Jewish history is the most outrageous and unreliable account of the Jewish people’s wanderings since…the Torah.A hilarious read for those...
Twist, Tumble, Triumph: The Story of Champion Gymnast Ágnes Keleti
$18.99 USD
Doing gymnastics, Ágnes Keleti feels free―until the day her coach tells her there's a new law in Hungary barring Jewish athletes from the gym. Once Germany sends soldiers into Budapest,...
An Angel Called Truth and Other Tales from the Torah
$25.00 USD
An Angel Called Truth offers short, engaging stories related to the weekly Torah portion written for kids 10 to 13. These new midrashic tales by Rabbi Jeremy Gordon and Emma...
A Kids Book About Judaism
$19.99 USD
This is a kids’ book about Judaism. Whether you know a lot or a little about it, this is the book for you! Jewish traditions have been passed down for...
Interrupted Lives: Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust
$10.99 USD
In some ways, Adele, Barney, Eric, Ernie, Frank, Judy, Magda, Rodi, and Ruth had little in common. They were born in different European countries and came from different family backgrounds....
Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult’s Guide to Building a Jewish Life
$21.99 USD
In Judaism we’re allowed to ask questions. We are invited to ask them. But for young people, it often feels as if no one is willing to take tough questions...
Chagall: Masters of Art
$14.95 USD
Marc Chagall's remarkable oeuvre spans a variety of media; from painting, ceramics, and stained glass to illustration, tapestry, and stage sets. Regardless of the format, his singular narrative style embraced...
JEWels: Teasing Out the Poetry in Jewish Humor and Storytelling
$29.95 USD
JEWels is the first of its kind: the living tradition of Jewish stories and jokes transformed into poems, recording and reflecting Jewish experience from ancient times through the present day....
How To Raise a Jewish Child
$22.00 USD
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent—a classic parenting book that combines insights from Jewish tradition with contemporary thinking about how children learn and grow. In this...
The Little Encyclopedia of Jewish Culture: 101 People, Places, Things (and Foods) Every Jew Should Know
$13.99 USD
Jewish traditions aren't just something they sing about in Fiddler on the Roof. Explore them all with this delightful book of essential Jewish foods, philosophers, pop culture, and more. It's...
Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks
$17.00 USD
Growing older can be unsettling and surprising. (How on earth did this happen? Where did the years go?) So what better way to deal with this new stage of life...
Woven Roots: Recovering the Healing Plant Traditions of Jews and Their Neighbors in Eastern Europe
$24.95 USD
Authors Deatra Cohen and Adam Siegel map the interwoven histories of the peoples of the Pale of Settlement, revealing untold stories of cooperation, shared knowledge, and mutual aid. The book...
Oy! Not Another Book of Jewish Cartoons!
$28.95 USD
Oy! Not Another Book of Jewish Cartoons!! intertwines humor with tradition, offering a fresh take on the rich tapestry of Jewish life with 86 cartoons by cartoonists including Amy Kurzweil,...
I Like Your Chutzpah, Board Book
$9.99 USD
I Like Your Chutzpah! is a delightfully whimsical board book that introduces little ones (and grown-ups!) to the joys of Yiddish. With bright and playful illustrations, this book brings fun...
Humans of Judaism, hc
$30.00 USD
Humans of Judaism is a heartwarming collection of beautiful portraits and moving stories curated by the editor and founder of the popular social media brand @humansofjudaism. Today, millions of visitors...
What Jewish Looks Like
$19.99 USD
Too many Jews have been told: "You don't look Jewish!" It begs the question, "What does Jewish look like?" Well, there are over fifteen million Jews in the world, which means there are more than fifteen...
Let My People Go
$9.99 USD
Everyone can take part as Moses implores Pharoah to ""Let My People Go!"" This light-hearted rhyming tale can be read alone or with a cast of characters as a ""Reader's Theater."" Perfect...
My First Yiddish Word Book
$12.99 USD
Did you know that Yiddish is written in Hebrew letters but pronounced more like German? Introduce your kids to their mama loshen (mother tongue) and open the door to their...
Shabbat Shalom, Welcome Home
$9.99 USD
Introduce little ones to Shabbat with this beautiful, colorful board book. Children can see a Jewish family come together and celebrate the holiday with candles, challah, and more. Perfect for...
This is Not a Cholent
$18.99 USD
Amira loves cholent―the special stew her family eats on Shabbat. And this year, she and Nana are competing in the big cholent competition! They use their Iraqi family’s special recipe....
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