THURSDAY DECEMBER 26, 2024
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum:The Rise and Fall of an Organized Crime Boss by Margalit Fox
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum:The Rise and Fall of an Organized Crime Boss by Margalit Fox. It paints a vivid portrait of Gilded Age New York—a city teeming with nefarious rogues, capitalist power brokers and Tammany Hall bigwigs, all straddling the line between underworld enterprise and “legitimate” commerce. Combining deep historical research with the narrative flair for which she is celebrated, Margalit Fox tells the unforgettable true story of a once-famous heroine whose life exemplifies America’s cherished rags-to-riches narrative while simultaneously upending it entirely.
Peony: A Novel of China by Pearl S. Buck
Moshkeleh the Thief by Sholom Aleichem
Conquering Fear by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
The Lion’s Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War Book by Steven Pressfield
Getting Good at Getting Older by Richard Siegel and Rabbi Laura Geller
Can We Talk About Israel?
The Telling By Mike Gerson
My Future is in America: Autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish Immigrants edited by Jocelyn Cohen and Daniel Soyer
From Enemy to Friend: Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of Peace by Amy Eilberg
Mila 18 by Leon Uris
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible by Matti Friedman
The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler
Modern Conservative Judaism: Evolving Thought and Practice by Dr Elliot Dorff
On the Landing: Short Stories by Yenta Mash
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbors by Yossi Klein Halevi
The Betrayers by David Bezmogis
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