Forewords & Introductions
Our Mission
Fig Tree Books LLC publishes novels and non-fiction books that chronicle the American Jewish experience. We do not publish short stories, novellas, YA, children’s, or poetry books.
We also publish Fig Tree Lit, our Newsletter; see below for the kind of content it contains, and sign up by visiting the menu bar above.
Listen to & Watch Our Authors
Saving Free Speech – Thane Rosenbaum
A River Could Be A Tree – Angela Himsel
My Mother’s Son – David Hirshberg
My Jewish Year – Abigail Pogrebin
The Pawnbroker – Edward Lewis Wallant
The Sea Beach Line – Ben Nadler
Safekeeping – Jessamyn Hope
The Book of Stone – Jon Papernick
Compulsion – Meyer Levin
Prayers for the Living – Alan Cheuse
Fig Tree Books LLC – Fredric Price
Are You In A Book Club?
Fig Tree has provided questions that will stimulate discussion; please click on the link for any book to view the questions. Should you want an author to phone in to a book club, please write to Info@FigTreeBooks.net.
Fig Tree Lit
Fig Tree Lit is the Newsletter of Fig Tree Books LLC. We cover the dynamic American Jewish experience through regular features such as:
Jews of Different Hues—We’re not all the same;
Apples & Honey—A taste of lit;
Book Club Guides—Key questions for your group;
My Jewish Year—Celebrate the holidays;
Don’t Be Shy—Send us a question and answer it yourself (and win a free set of our books);
Taksviv Li—(Listen to me)—Favorite podcasts;
Oldies But Goodies—Wonderful books from the past;
Blog—Essays from the publisher, book reviews, coverage of FTB titles, and noteworthy events.
Awards Won
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My Mother’s Son by David Hirshberg
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Saving Free Speech … from Itself by Thane Rosenbaum
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A River Could Be A Tree by Angela Himsel
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My Jewish Year by Abigail Pogrebin
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Safekeeping by Jessamyn Hope
Winner of the J.I. Segal Award/2016 Mona Elaine Adilman Award for Jewish Fiction on a Jewish Theme
Finalist for the 2016 Ribalow Prize
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The Sea Beach Line by Ben Nadler
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