FICTION Rich Boy, Sharon Pomerantz’s debut novel, exemplifies book publisher Twelve’s mission to bring out only 12 books a year that “explain our culture,” works

Max Berenzon, son of a Paris art dealer, is fascinated by his father’s new assistant, Rose Clément. But it’s 1939, and though Rose’s brilliance and

Women and Judaism: New Insights and Scholarship (Jewish Studies in the 21st Century). Edited by Frederick E. Greenspahn. (New York University Press/Jewish Studies in the

NONFICTION America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story by Bruce Feiler. (William Morrow, 368 pp. $26.99) The inspirational life of Moses and the sheer force of

Thankfully, paper and hardcover books with Jewish content for young readers remain unthreatened by digital versions. Children love to turn actual pages, and this season

A Prophet and His Wife For 60 years, Milton Steinberg’s unfinished novel, Prophet’s Wife, lay forgotten in an archive at Behrman House publishers. Steinberg is perhaps

The scene is Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem; the year is 1947. Judith, a distraught Holocaust survivor, is close to death after a

Women and Judaism: New Insights and Scholarship (Jewish Studies in the 21st Century). Edited by Frederick E. Greenspahn. (New York University Press/Jewish Studies in the