AWARD WINNING AUTHOR
NORMAN H. FINKELSTEIN
Norman H. Finkelstein's Books
​SAYING NO TO HATE: OVERCOMING ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA
The Jewish Publication Soicety ISBN-13: 9780827615236 $29.95
Saying No to Hate grounds readers contextually in the history of antisemitism in America by emphasizing the legal, political, educational, communal, and other strategies American Jews have used through the centuries to address high-profile threats.
Far from a victim narrative, Saying No to Hate is as much about Jewish resilience and ingenuity as it is about hatred. Engaging high school students and adults with personal narratives, it prepares each of us to recognize, understand, and confront injustice and hatred today, in the Jewish community and beyond.
"Two-time National Jewish Book Award winner Finkelstein . . . . Draws on exhaustive research for an account that’s comprehensive, accessible, and nuanced."—Publishers Weekly
"Saying No to Hate is a sobering, empowering primer on how antisemitism and the fight against it changed the face of America."—Foreword Reviews
AMAZING ABE: HOW ABRAHAM CAHAN'S NEWSPAPER GAVE A VOICE TO JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AB
Holiday House ISBN: 9780823451647 $18.99
Abraham Cahan, the founder and longtime editor of the Yiddish language newspaper the Forverts (the Forward), which, in its heyday, was one of the largest newspapers in the United States. As the saying went: "What's a home without the Forverts?"
From explaining voting rights to the importance of public health measures to everyday questions like how to play baseball, Cahan improved the lives of countless newly arrived Jewish immigrants who wanted to feel at home in a new, strange land. He also published celebrated writers such as Isaac Bashevis Singer and created the iconic advice column the Bintel Brief for homesick readers.
Amazing Abe is a PJ Library selected book to be distributed in 2024 to 35,000 children.
​THE SHELTER AND THE FENCE: WHEN 982 HOLOCAUST REFUGEES FOUND SAFE HAVEN IN AMERICA
Chicago Review Press ISBN: 978-1641603836 $17.99
The story of Holocaust refugees who found shelter in the United States—with unique parallels to today's stories of asylum seekers. In 1944, at the height of World War II, 982 European refugees found a temporary haven at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York. They were men, women, and children who had spent frightening years one step ahead of Nazi pursuers and death.
They spoke nineteen different languages, and, while most of the refugees were Jewish, a number were Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant Christians. From the time they arrived at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter on August 5 they began re-creating their lives and embarked on the road to becoming American citizens.
In the history of World War II and the Holocaust, this “token” save by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the War Refugee Board was too little and too late for millions. But for those few who reached Oswego it was life changing.
“This chapter in World War II history is a well-kept secret. Make this title a first choice.” —School Library Journal STARRED review
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​THE CAPTURE OF BLACK BART: GENTLEMAN BANDIT OF THE OLD WEST
Chicago Review Press ISBN: 978-1-61373-995-2 $17.99
Black Bart was not the Old West' only stagecoach robber, but he was the most famous. To many people, he was a folk hero: a robber who didn't threaten or harm passengers. In robbing at least 28 Wells Fargo stagecoaches between 1875 and 1883, he never fired a shor or injured anyong. His gun, it turned out, was never loaded. Each new robbery made Wells Fargo's chief detective, Jim Hume even more determined to track him down.
"The Capture of Black Bart is a rollicking tale of the Old West, chock full of extraordinary characters and fascinating facts. And it's all true! I gobbled it up." Karen Cushman, author of Catherine, Called Birdy.
Kirkus Reviews called it "An engaging review of an uncommon outlaw." Booklist called it "remarkable..."
UNION MADE: LABOR LEADER SAMUEL GOMPERS AND HIS FIGHT FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS
Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills & Kane, 2019 ISBN: 978-1-62979-638-3 $17.95
A choice of the Junior Literary Guild
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Samuel Gompers never planned on becoming a hero. But when he constantly encountered injustice in the workplace, he turned into one. This story explores the gumption and charisma of the labor leader who founded the American Federation of Labor and became the workers' champion.
SCHOOLS OF HOPE: HOW JULIUS ROSENWALD HELPED CHANGE AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATION
Calkins Creek/Highlights, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-59078-841-7 $16.95
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IWhen Booker T. Washington, the famed African American educator, asked Julius Rosenwald, the wealthy president of Sears, Roebuck and Company and noted philanthropist, to help him build well-designed and fully equipped schools for black children, the face of education in the South changed for the better. It was the early 1900s, a time of discrimination, racial segregation, and inadequate education for African Americans. Rosenwald created a special fund that in just twenty years built more than 5,300 schools attended by over half a million black students.
School Library Journal calls Schools of Hope a "fascinating look at how one man's vision changed the lives of more than 600,000 people through increased educational opportunities. The book is superbly illustrated with numerous black -and-white, excellently captioned photos."
The Horn Book says "Clear writing, abundant archival photographs, and an engaging presentation of history make this a work of hope and inspiration."
California Reading Association's 2014 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Honor Book Award.
Sidney Taylor Notable Book Award
2015 CCBC Notable Book of the Year
2015 Best Children's Books of the Year, Starred title. Children's Book Committee.
JEWISH COMEDY STARS
Kar Ben/Lerner, 2010
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THREE ACROSS: THE GREAT TRANSATLANTIC AIR RACE OF 1927
Calkins Creek/Highlights, 2008
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PLASTICS
Benchmark/Marshall Cavendish, 2007
JPS GUIDE TO AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
Jewish Publication Society, 2007
ARIEL SHARON
A&E Biography/Lerner , 2007
THE WAY THINGS NEVER WERE: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "GOOD OLD DAYS"
iUniverse.com 2005, paperback
Originally published by Simon & Schuster
New York Times Book Review
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book, 1999.
2000 NCCS/CBC Notable Children's Trade Book.
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
HEEDING THE CALL: JEWISH VOICES IN AMERICA'S CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE
Jewish Publication Society, 1997
Winner, National Jewish Book Award
Jewish Children's Books Too Good to Miss, AJL, 1997
WITH HEROIC TRUTH: THE LIFE OF EDWARD R. MURROW
iUniverse (paperback)
Originally published by Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Winner, Golden Kite Honor Book Award for Nonfiction
New York Public Library's 100 Books for Reading and Sharing.
New York Public Library's Books for the Teenage.
1998 NCCS/CBC Notable Children's Trade Book.
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book, 1997.
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CAPTAIN OF INNOCENCE: FRANCE AND THE DREYFUS AFFAIR
iUniverse (paperback)
Originally published by Putnam
New York Public Library's Books for the Teenage, 1991
1991 NCCS/CBC Notable Trade Book
SOUNDS IN THE AIR: THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO
iUniverse (paperback)
Originally published by Scribners
*Starred Review, Booklist
THIRTEEN DAYS/NINETY MILES: THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
iUniverse (paperback)
Originally published by Simon & Schuster
*Starred Review, Booklist
THE OTHER 1492: JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN THE NEW WORLD
iUniverse (paperback)
Originally published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster and in paper by William Morrow
New York Times Book Review
*Starred Review, Booklist
Editor's Choice, Booklist.
American Bookseller Pick of the Year, 1990.
NCCS/CBC Notable Children's Trade Book.
Jewish Children's Books Too Good to Miss, AJL
Sydney Taylor Notable Book Award
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THEODOR HERZL: ARCHITECT OF A NATION
iUniverse (paperback)
Originally published by Franklin Watts with a revised edition published by Lerner
Children's Book of the Year, Child Study Committee.
Selection of the Jewish Book Club.
Notable Book, Jewish Book Annual.
REMEMBER NOT TO FORGET: A MEMORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
Jewish Publication Society (paperback)
Originally published in hardcover by Franklin Watts and in paper by William Morrow
Holzman Award.
Children's Book of the Year, Child Study Committee
Sidney Taylor Notable Book Award
FRIENDS INDEED: THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL
Millbrook/Lerner (Currently out of print)
FORGED IN FREEDOM: SHAPING THE JEWISH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Jewish Publication Society
Winner, National Jewish Book Award
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Sidney Taylor Notable Book Award