Chutzpah Girls by Silverstein & Pruwer

If you are not into reading four-hundred page tomes try Chutzpah Girls, a gorgeously illustrated book of one-page biographies about a hundred ordinary women transformed into extraordinary super-powered heroines. A book that begs to be shared with mothers, daughters, and Bubbies alike, the…

The President’s Lawyer by Lawrence Robbins

Looking for a great book that is not about the Holocaust, Israel’s protracted wars, or the pros and cons of the last Federal election? Nor anything about raising or lowing the debt ceiling, inflation, the economy and the spiraling cost of eggs. If none of the aforementioned topics appeal…

The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone by Randy Susan Meyers

How altruistic are you? What would you sacrifice to eradicate racism, antisemitism, poverty, gender- bias, war? How much would you give up to enhance, human rights, and social justice in America? Author Randy Susan Meyers poses these questions in what will surely become one of the best…

Green World by Michelle Ephraim

Centuries and cultures apart Michelle and Jessica, two young Jewish women, have identical goals. Both seek relief from their homes in which they were raised. Michelle wishes to escape her father’s tyrannical outbursts. Jessica asserts, “our house is hell”. The first chance she gets…

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Based on a factual incident, author Taffy Brodesser-Akner gets into the weeds of a prominent Long Island family and burrows deeply into their messed-up lives. Witty wise and deliciously satirical, Long Island Compromise will make you giggle or blush over some cringe-worthily parts. Overall,…