One thousand years ago, a civilization existed in Spain that was famed throughout Europe. To the horror of the Christian rulers to the north, Jews, Christians, and Moors lived together in harmony — and in doing so they created one of...
Jews
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Author:Paris, ErnaSummary: - Author:Podos, RebeccaSummary:
Hannah's whole life has been on the road with no explanations. Then, on her seventeenth birthday, she wakes up transformed. Hannah must unearth her family's secrets in order to break the curse.
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Author:Dománski, MarianSummary:On the run in Nazi-occupied Poland, thirteen-year-old orphan Marian Finkelman—later Domanski—was forced to grow up much too early. When he finally escaped the ghetto in his hometown, Marian’s perfect Polish and fair complexion helped...
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Author:Pick, AlisonSummary:Winner of the Helen and Stan Vine Jewish Book Award and finalist for the Man Booker Prize In Far to Go, one of our most accomplished young writers takes us inside the world of an affluent Jewish family in Prague during the lead-up to...
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Author:Schein, Bernie, Owens, JanisSummary:Novelist Walker Percy once said that the only remaining unexplored territory in Southern literature was the Jewish southerner. Famous all over Town, the first novel from Southern storyteller Bernie Schein, stakes a claim on Percy's...
- Author:Uris, LeonSummary:
A passionate summary of the inhuman treatment of the Jewish people in Europe, of the exodus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to Palestine, and of the triumphant founding of the new Israel. Exodus is an international publishing...
- Author:Scottoline, LisaSummary:
#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome...in the creeping shadow of fascism. What...
- Author:Hyde, Heidi SmithSummary:
Angry that his father is afraid to kindle the Hanukkah lights, Emanuel stows away on a whaling ship. When a storm overtakes the boat, it is his father's change of heart and the family menorah that light the way home.
- Author:Levy, NaomiSummary:
This program is read by the author. A bestselling author and rabbi's profoundly affecting exploration of the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving rabbi....
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Author:Rips, Paul-HenriSummary:The son of an Antwerp diamond merchant, Paul-Henri Rips was ten when the Nazis invaded Belgium and ended his “golden childhood” forever. Guided by his father’s admonition to “Sei a mensch” (Be a decent person), Rips managed to hold onto...
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Author:Bessner, EllinSummary:"The role played by the Canadian Jewish Community during World War II, particularly the approximately 17,000 individuals who enlisted, representing 10% of the Jewish population in Canada at the time. Interviews with surviving veterans,...
- Author:Skrypuch, Marsha ForchukSummary:
A gripping story based on true events. During the Soviet occupation of Ukraine during World War II, some of Krystia's family are harrassed; others are arrested and killed. When the Nazis liberate the town, they are welcomed with open...
- Author:Diamant, AnitaSummary:
Diamant pens the tale of four women who flee Nazi Europe. Landing in a postwar British camp in Palestine, the women make extraordinary discoveries about themselves, humanity, and each other.
- Author:Sanders, ShellySummary:
When Sarah Byrne's mother dies in Chicago, her estranged grandmother, Miriam, attends the funeral and reveals that she escaped the holocaust, but had to leave a son behind in Latvia, and she wants Sarah to find him.
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Author:Morgan, AnnaSummary:An adventure story based on true events, real characters and legends. This historical-fiction novel features two girls, separated in time by thousands of years, who are forced to leave their homes and make a dangerous journey to an...
- Author:Fein, LouiseSummary:
For fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime. She must choose between loyalty to her country or a love that could be her destruction...
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Author:Bavati, RobynSummary:When her life’s passion is forbidden, how much will Ditty risk to follow her dream? When Ditty Cohen first sees a ballet on T.V., the beautiful, gravity-defying dancing captivates her. She’s instantly connected to the graceful...
- Author:Ross, ArthurSummary:
Between 1882 and 1930 approximately 9,800 Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe settled in Winnipeg. Newly arrived Jewish immigrants began to establish secular mutual aid societies, organizations based on egalitarian principles of...
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Author:Waldman, DebbySummary:In this retelling of a Jewish folktale, Rachel and Jacob must work together to solve the trickiest riddles of all. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
- Author:Rotenberg, DavidSummary:
On the Hua Shan (the Holy Mountain) 250 years before Christ, the most powerful man in the world, the First Emperor, bequeaths a talisman - a narwhal tusk with carvings depicting the growth of Shanghai for the next 2500 years - to his...
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