THE PUBLICATIONS
Discover a diverse collection of books crafted by our dedicated staff and partners, inspired by conferences, research, and personal narratives. We invite you to explore our listings and find a book that resonates with you. If have a recommendation for a title to add, we would love to hear it. Happy reading!
Beyaḥad BaSukkah follows a classroom of children as their teacher, HaMorah Emma, leads them to Yoshi's family sukkah on Ḥol HaMoed. There, eight children — whose families trace their roots to Morocco, Bukhara, Yemen, Salonica, Germany, Ukraine, and Aleppo — discover that the joy of Sukkot takes many forms.
A glossary and "Notes for Adults" section give parents and educators the history behind each custom.
In Gan BeYachad, Shavuot arrives with warm air, green sprouts on the windowsill, and an extraordinary invitation: the grandparents are coming to school. When HaMorah Emma asks each family to share how they celebrate the holiday, a table fills not just with food and flowers, but with the living heritage of a people who, in all their diversity, stood together at Sinai. A perfect book for Shavuot, for multi-generational conversation, and for any classroom where every Jewish story deserves to be told.
In Gan Beyachad, Hamorah Emma asks her class to bring something from home that makes their family’s Pesach seder special. Each child discovers a treasured tradition from a different Jewish community. Back at school, they learn that they are all telling the same story of leaving Egypt “as if we were there.”
Cuban food is bursting with layers of flavor, but upon accepting an Orthodox Jewish way of life the challenge was to incorporate the foods of Genie's youth into her new lifestyle.
Set in 1492 in Portugal the Jewish world is undergoing big changes. When the Edict of Expulsion from Spain was introduced in Spain, Leah's family, and Leah herself, did everything in their power to be helpful. But this came at great personal expense.
A compelling work of historical fiction that engages the reader to follow the story of a family from the burning Pyres of the Spanish Inquisition to a young Cuban Catholic girl in Miami, Florida whose soul was ablaze with a desire to return to its' rightful place among the Jewish people.
The volume’s collection of essays span political and social interactions throughout history, cultural commonalities, traditions, and halakhic developments. Historians, anthropologists, musicologists, Rabbinic scholars, Arabists, and linguists analyze this culture, in all its complexity and hybridity.
Having been brought up in a Roman Catholic family in Havana, Cuba and descending from Spanish ancestry did not ensure that her life would be lived within that realm. In response to strong feelings and an affinity towards Judaism , her search for her family’s past , took on a deeper significance as she researched her maternal lineage and not only discovered but documented and verified her Pre-Inquisition Spanish Roots to Fifteenth Century Spain and Portugal.
Scholars and experts from diverse fields came together in London and Cambridge in August 2023 to unravel the complexities of Aden's cultural mosaic, shedding light on the interconnectedness of global trade routes, migration patterns, and the dynamic interplay of different societies.