A month before George Stern’s thirteenth birthday, Germany invaded his native Hungary, anti-Jewish edicts were passed and a ghetto was established. A rebel even then, George refused to wear the Jewish star. “Passing” as a Christian boy...
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Author:Stern, GeorgeSummary: -
Author:Elias, RuthSummary:Ruth Elias, a Jewish woman who was taken to Auschwitz while several months pregnant, recounts her challenging and unthinkable story of confronting perhaps the most agonizing choice so that she and her newborn infant would not die. Taken...
- Author:Feldman, NoahSummary:
A leading public intellectual's timely reckoning with how Jews can and should make sense of their tradition and each other. What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have...
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:In a rehabilitation center for disabled children, twelve-year-old Nora says she loves the color pink and chewing gum and explains that the wheels of her wheelchair are like her legs. Eleven-year-old Mohammad describes how his house was...
- Author:Morris, HeatherSummary:
This program includes exclusive archival audio. From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey : a story of family, courage, and resilience...
- Author:Richler, MordecaiSummary:
In this memoir, the author recreates the Montreal of his adolescence, of his family, of the friends he hung out with, and reveals their dream of Israel as homeland turned into a reality. Woven throughout are his observations and the...
- Author:Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
God has blessed Hezekiah--his kingdom is flourishing. The people are prospering and the city of Jerusalem is safe from invaders. But the king worries that his beloved wife may be barren. After all his hard work in preserving the faith...
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Author:Klein, A. M.Summary: - Author:Bourne, SamSummary:
The shooting of a man at a historic government peace accord prompts negotiator Maggie Costello to investigate a series of deaths at West Bank Jewish settlements and Palestinian refugee camps.
- Author:Kershner, IsabelSummary:
A rich, wide-ranging portrait of the divisions among Israelis today, at a critical juncture in their country's history, by a veteran New York Times correspondent who has spent decades working in Israel." A wondrous tale told...
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Author:Howitt, BruceSummary:Ari Lazarus is a member of an elite Israeli secret agency, which hunts terrorists around the world and eliminates them. After Israel has been threatened with being "wiped off the map" by Iranian leaders and generals, Ari and...
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards.Should she help him?...
- Author:Mead, Walter RussellSummary:
In this bold examination of the Israeli-American relationship, Walter Russell Mead demolishes the myths that both pro-Zionists and anti-Zionists have fostered over the years. He makes clear that Zionism has always been a divisive...
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Author:Marom, MalkaSummary:Does one honor one’s country or one’s heart? Malka Marom explores this classic dilemma in her stunningly powerful first novel, an extraordinary tale of people caught up in a violent and seemingly endless historical conflict, compelled...
- Author:Austin, Lynn N.Summary:
Although his father had allowed widespread idolatry, King Hezekiah is restoring God's law to Judah. The temple is cleansed and proper offerings are made to Yahweh. The Assyrians, however, rule the adjoining lands and demand tribute from...
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Author:Bergman, RonenSummary:The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter" The Talmud says: "If...
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Author:Berger, Tamara FaithSummary:It's just another boring summer for our teenaged narrator -- until Barbra arrives. An Ethiopian Jew, Barbra was brought to Israel at age five, a part of Operation Solomon, and now our narrator's well-intentioned father has...
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Author:Savir, UriSummary:Uri Savir has an ambitious, indispensable goal: to bring peacemaking into the 21st century. “Little in today’s world,” writes Savir, “is more progressive than modern warfare. Yet little is more archaic than peacemaking.” We remain...
- Author:Faraj, RezeqSummary:
Voici un livre incontournable pour comprendre la Palestine et ce qu’on omet généralement de nous dire sur le conflit israélo-palestinien. PALESTINE : Le refus de disparaître est un éloquent plaidoyer en faveur de l’instauration d’une...
- Author:Gundar-Goshen, Ayelet, Silverston, SondraSummary:
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin meets The Marrying of Chani Kaufman in this cinematic novel about the birth of Israel and the true story of the marriages of convenience that were arranged to smuggle Jewish women out of Nazi-occupied Europe....
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