Literature / Novels

Empathy in Action True stories of gedolim and others who were nosei b'ol  We Jews are known for our kindness. But more than kindness, acting with empathy means feeling for another and doing whatever we can to help carry another person’s load. Our gedolim...

Talmidim talk about their legendary menahel Rabbi Moshe Schwab zt"l Thirteen Kids. Thirteen worlds.And one sun providing light and warmth to them all. Enter the worlds of Efraim, Shmuli, Yehuda, Yirmy, and the other real kids in this book. Although the names and identifying...

Amazing Tales of Tzaddikim, Alive with Yiras Shamayim, Emunah, and Middos Tovos Another outstanding collection of stories told as only Rav Kalman could! When Rav Kalman Krohn told a story, he had everybody spellbound. As his thousands of avid listeners can attest, this tremendous...

SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCES… STOLEN FUNDS… UNANSWERED QUESTIONS… ONE GIRL IS DETERMINED TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH. Kozhnitz should have been calm. Predictable. Safe. But when a well-loved boy vanishes and the tzedakah funds disappear soon after, the village fills with whispers and worried looks. Leah finds herself...

The darkness of a nine a.m. solar eclipse can be experienced in many different ways… It is fifty years since the Holocaust has ended, but deep in the Austrian mountains, there resides a community of Jews who are still in the dark about that,...

An inspiring anthology that strengthens emunah and bitachon A young avreich was struggling to make ends meet and was burdened with debt. He received a monthly stipend of one thousand five hundred shekels from his kollel, which did not even cover basic daily expenses. One Thursday afternoon,...

A Novel For Adults Only “I think it would have been harder for me if we’d have pushed off the wedding.” Michal is coping with a challenge now, true. But pushing off a wedding two weeks before it’s scheduled to an unknown date is...

Antarctica.Endless silence.Shattered by a massive explosion. An existential threat looms over the frozen glaciers, snowy plains, and icy deserts of the seventh continent. Someone, without conscience, is using the remote spaces of the most unspoiled place in the world to conduct illegal experiments with...

A Novel It was only an add-on destination, after a family chasunah in Boro Park. A short detour to Buenos Aires for a business meeting, to discuss production methods for her line of best-selling knitted handbags. Riki, Avi, and their children should have been...

A coded letter from Russia. A brother in danger. A secret powerful enough to shake two governments. When Yaakov Halpert receives a strange message from his brother in Kiev, he understands at once that something is terribly wrong. Leaving New York behind, he travels...

A Novel "Are you giving me any choices here? Or are my only options living with a rasha in my house or in my house or living in your house with you?" Esther Shapiro, barely 90 years young, is perfectly capable of living on...

A Novel “Just tell me once, and answer me honestly,” Snir demanded, fixing his friend with a penetrating stare. “Doesn’t your conscience bother you about betraying your homeland?” Ronen looked away for a long moment, his gaze drifting out through the window overlooking the...

A Novel “Maybe just as we cultivated independence in Shimi, we cultivated dependence in Mindy?”– Zehava“Sometimes I ask myself if anyone besides me is still sad that Yechezkel is gone.”– Yocheved“Can I really say I checked everything the way I would have checked it...

A Novel The door opens suddenly.A stooped woman comes out of the office, sorrow written all over her face, her eyes fixed on the floor.“Ima?!” I nearly faint. “What are you doing here?”All the madrichot turn toward us, wide-eyed.What did Mrs. Einstadter say to Ima? My heart...

A Novel I’m Tzivia, the mother of seven wonderful kids and one astounding mess. I try to raise the kids and reduce the mess. It doesn’t always work. In the Himmelblau home, filled as it is with children, love, and joy, one mother attempts...

A Novel “Collect the brachos for us, Ima,” Sari said, still watching me anxiously. “Bring them home from the chassunah in a napkin, and afterward we’ll open them together.” Esti has two married sons and four single daughters. Mali. Sari. Basya. Dassi. Each one...

A Novel Gili’s shoulders are a complex matter; the whole world rests on them. She has a shiny AI pillow that listens to her with great empathy. The pillow is a secret, of course. That’s what happens when you’re testing a rival company’s product....

A Novel Dripping wet, I hurried forward. “You must bring me back, sir…Captain.” “Hoist the colors!” the captain bellowed, not taking his eyes off me. “Aye!” One of the crew members answered the command, and I watched as a black flag reared its head,...

A Novel The French royal palace, Paris, 1240: In an immense marble hall, the soul of the Jewish nation is on trial.A Portuguese bay, 1492: Under the cover of darkness, a lone sailor swims through the frigid waters of the sea.The Frankfurt Ghetto, 1794: Living in grinding...

The Chanukah Boutique is approaching, and Atara Gross is doubly excited. Besides for running the Four Chocolatiers’ booth with her friends, selling chocolate, she will also be running her own booth, selling her jewelry creations. But…can she do both? As Atara soon discovers, preparing...