On the eve of World War II Egon Schneider--a gallant and successful Jewish doctor--escapes Germany to an uncertain future across the sea. Settling in upper Manhattan, he finds solace among a tight-knit group of fellow immigrants,...
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Author:Carter, BetsySummary: -
Author:Kulbak, MosheSummary:This is the first complete English-language translation of a classic of Yiddish literature, one of the great comic novels of the 20th century. The Zelmenyaners describes the travails of a Jewish family in Minsk that is torn asunder by...
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Author:Ursell, GeoffreySummary:From the novel by Martha Blum. The Walnut Tree tells the story of the intense journey of SŸssel, a young, privileged Jewish woman who grows up in Chernowitz, studies in Prague and Paris, endures the horrors of World War II in Eastern...
- Author:Iperen, Roxane vanSummary:
The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save dozen of lives, were captured by the Nazis, and ultimately survived the Holocaust. Eight...
- Author:Berest, AnneSummary:
Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and...
- Author:Berest, AnneSummary:
January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a photo of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest’s maternal great-grandparents...
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Author:Roth, PhilipSummary:In 1940, Charles A. Lindbergh, heroic aviator, is elected president. Shortly thereafter, he negotiates an "understanding" with Adolf Hitler. For one boy growing up in Newark, the election is the first in a series of ruptures that...
- Author:MacLeod, Jennifer TziviaSummary:
In this partially illustrated early chapter book set in 1947, when a young girl’s father is away in Europe helping refugees, she is left to deal with a stray peacock who has arrived in her family’s yard, much to her mother’s dismay. The...
- Author:Skelton, J. WallaceSummary:
At Passover, Bubbie Rose and Bubbie Ida Flora's tiny apartment overflows with children, grandchildren, and beloved friends. When it's time for the afikoman, they look and look, but no one can find it. Everybody searches, and...
- Author:Benick, GailSummary:
The Girl Who Was Born That Way is the story of the Berk family, not exactly an ordinary Jewish family, trying to bury its Holocaust past while starting over in post-war USA. The novel centers on the dynamics between the family's...
- Author:Ravvin, NormanSummary:
The Girl Who Stole Everything is the story of a mother and daughter in the Polish countryside, and a father and son on Vancouver's downtown east side. In these old and new worlds a mystery lurks. In Poland, a house stands empty on...
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Author:Tulchinsky, Karen X.Summary: -
Author:Fitzgerald, ScottSummary:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, originally published in Colliers Magazine on May 27th, 1922. The story follows Benjamin's life from his birth in 1860. However he is no ordinary child, as he...
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Author:Kacer, KathySummary:Sara has never been out of the tiny town of Hope, Ontario, where she has been in an orphanage all her life. After a fire destroys the orphanage, clues about her parentage, a medical certificate and a Star of David, lead her to Germany....
- Author:Levy, JoanneSummary:
Evie Walman is not obsessed with death. She does think about it a lot, though, but only because her family runs a Jewish funeral home. At twelve, Evie already knows she's going to be a funeral director when she grows up. So what if the...
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Author:Greenwood, KerrySummary:Phryne Fisher loves dancing, especially with gorgeous young Simon Abrahams. But Phryne's contentment at the Jewish Young Peoples Society Dance is cut short when Simon’s father asks her to investigate the strange death of a devout young...
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Author:Polak, Monique, Down, ChristianSummary:This is an enhanced ebook with a read-along function. Teach babies and toddlers about this important Jewish festival by exploring what happens during the Passover seder with this delightful photographic board book. This primer features...
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Author:Fogel, SusannaSummary:Told entirely in letters to a heroine we never meet, Nuclear Family is a comedic novel about a fractured family of New England Jews and their discontents.
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Author:Boraks-Nemetz, LillianSummary:Mouth of Truth is a gripping account of impossible choices , divided loyalties and unimaginable horrors. Batya Lightenberg , a Canadian wife and mother tries to live a normal life in oblivion of her troubled past while carrying a legacy...
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Author:Jacobson, HowardSummary:
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