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.
Fall Into a Good Book
Carole King: She Made the Earth Move (Jewish Lives Series)
by Jane Eisner.
Drawing on numerous interviews as well as historical and contemporary sources, this book brings to life King’s professional accomplishments, her personal challenges, and her lasting contributions to the great American songbook. (BIOGRAPHY)
Heart of a Stranger
by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl.
The moving memoir of a widely recognized and influential American rabbi, the first Asian American woman to be ordained. She shares the story of her journey from feeling like an outsider in the Jewish community to being a celebrated leader. (MEMOIR)
As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us
by Sarah Hurwitz.
An exploration of how antisemitism has shaped Jewish identity throughout time, grounded in the author's reclamation of her own Jewish roots. (NON-FICTION)
Isabela's Way
by Barbara Stark-Nemon.
Isabela is a talented embroiderer and "New Christian" in 17th-century Portugal. But when a secretive message for her father turns her life upside down, she must outrun the Inquisitors and discover her family's Jewish roots. (FICTION)
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.