Rising: The Book of Challah, Rochie Pinson

Rebbetzin Rochie Pinson shares the experiences and insights she has gleaned during decades
spent perfecting the art of challah baking and teaching challah workshops around the world. In
her wise, warm and humorous voice, she guides the reader through every step of the rewarding
process of making challahs.

Irving Berlin: New York Genius, James Kaplan

From the Jewish Lives series, an astute portrait of one of the greatest composers of American
popular music. In a career that spanned an astonishing nine decades, Berlin wrote some 1,500
tunes, from ragtime to rock. James Kaplan offers Berlin as a self-made man and a witty and wily
Jewish immigrant.

The Dream Stitcher, Deborah Gaal
A feast of a novel that blends thriller, history, love, war, magic, deception and tragedy against
the backdrop of WWII Poland. Finalist for a National Jewish Book Award, and the Goldberg
Prize for debut fiction.