Email our Librarian, Julie Moss, at jmoss@parksyn.org for your book requests, curbside pickups and returns on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The library doors are always open when the building is open.
New non-fiction to explore in our library
Books like Sapphires: From the Library of Congress Judaica Collection
by Ann Brener
Highlighting Hebrew literary works, this is really a book about books. It is also about patrons, first among them Jacob Schiff, whose generosity founded the Library’s Hebraic Section in 1912, ensuring the survival of our Jewish cultural heritage
One Day in October: Forty Heroes, Forty Stories
by Yair Agmon and Oriya Mevorach
A #1 bestseller in Israel, this is a collection of personal testimonies from Israel’s most tragic day, when heroes stepped forward from every strand of society, saving lives and defending humanity.
Warsaw Testament
by Rachel Auerbach
A secret diary written during the war, passionately and insightfully describing life in the Warsaw Ghetto. The author’s goal was to remember not just the famous, but also the ordinary people who went to their deaths, recalling aspects of ordinary Ghetto life that tended to fade into obscurity.
Smashing the Tablets: Radical Retellings of the Hebrew Bible
Edited by Sara Lippmann and Seth Rogoff
An anthology of provocative new versions of biblical texts penned by major contemporary Jewish writers. This is one of the most significant Jewish literary collections in decades for its thoughtful and imaginative stories and essays.
The Senkfor Library has a new beautiful logo thanks to Deborah and Joel Glass and the
Robert and Marjorie Stein Librarian Discretionary Fund. Stop in for a new bookmark and see our new signage.