A collection of medieval European documents of the Church and state, including theological positions on the Jews; papal decrees and local and national charters granting rights to Jews; documents relating to protection of Jews;...
Jews
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- Author:Stuchner, Joan BettySummary:
On a small farm in Chelm, a man and his daughter set out to find a way to get milk from their hens, and the results are not only funny, they're wacky. This edition combines both written and spoken words.
- Author:Leunens, ChristineSummary:
Johannes Betzler discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl named Elsa in their home. After his parents disappear, Johannes is the only one responsible for Elsa's fate.
- Author:Eisen, MaxSummary:
This autobiography of Canadian Max Eisen details the rural Hungarian deportations to Auschwitz-Birkenau, back-breaking slave labour in Auschwitz I, the infamous 'death march' of January 1945, the painful aftermath of liberation, and a...
- Author:Applebaum, MollySummary:
Hidden away underground, in a box, twelve-year-old Molly has only her older cousin and her diary to keep her company. For two years, she writes of her confinement “in a grave”: the cold, dark and stuffiness, the unbearable suffering...
- Author:Walters, Eric, Kacer, KathySummary:
A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase.
It's 2002. In the aftermath of the Twin Towers - and... - Author:McClelland, Susan, Waisman, RobertSummary:
A powerful memoir about a Holocaust survivor who was deemed hopeless--and the rehabilitation center that gave him and other teen boys the chance to learn how to live again.
- Author:Mielnicki, MichelSummary:
This profoundly honest Holocaust memoir describes the transformation of everyday anti-Semitism into the Holocaust nightmare. Central to the story are the years Mielnicki spent in the camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buna, Mittelbau-Dora and...
- Author:Schama, SimonSummary:
Spans centuries and continents: from the Jews' expulsion from Spain in 1492 it navigates miracles and massacres, wandering, discrimination, harmony and tolerance; to the brink of the twentieth century and, it seems, a point of...
- Author:Goldberg, MyrnaSummary:
In this first Azrieli Foundation anthology, twenty-five women reflect on their experiences of survival – from the heart-stopping fears of hiding to the extreme risks of “passing” as non-Jews, and from the terrors of the Nazi camps to...
- Author:Weinzweig, HelenSummary:
A lost feminist classic — and winner of the Toronto Book Award — reissued to coincide with the 35th anniversary of publication.In her yearning, elusive search for a lover, Shirley Kaszenbowski sheds her drab “basic black” existence...
- Author:Older, Daniel JoséSummary:
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Daniel José Older's music-and-magic-filled YA urban fantasy about two teens who discover each other and their powers during a political battle within a unique diaspora community. "...
- Author:Pasternack, SofiyaSummary:
This lush tale of magic and dragons is a gem for any adventure-seeking middle grader and perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time. Anya and the Dragon is the story of fantasy and mayhem in tenth century Eastern Europe, where...
- Author:Frank, AnneSummary:
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century.
- Author:Raab, Elisabeth M.Summary:
“It is Easter Sunday, April 1945, early in the morning, maybe just dawn. We stand still, like frozen grey statues. Us. Seven hundred and thirty women, wrapped in wet, grey, threadbare blankets, standing in the rain. Our blankets hang...
- Author:Weinberger, AndySummary:
When a controversial celebrity rabbi drops dead over his matzoh ball soup at the famed Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, retired private eye Amos Parisman-a sixtyish, no-nonsense Jewish detective who lives with his addled wife in Park La...
- Author:Plante, DavidSummary:
A daughter of Jewish refugees searches for love and a spiritual home in this novel by the National Book Award-nominated author of Difficult Women. Brought up in a secular household on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Nancy Green knows...
- Author:Szedlecki, AnnSummary:
Ann Szedlecki was a Hollywood-film-loving fourteen-year-old when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939 and she fled to the Soviet Union with her older brother, hoping to return for the rest of her family later. Instead, she ended up spending...
- Author:Gold Kroll, FionaSummary:
Since childhood, author Fiona Gold Kroll has been drawn to a photograph of her great-uncle, Benjamin Albaum, a Jewish man who disappeared from Paris at the beginning of World War II. A Stone for Benjamin is the compelling story of Fiona...
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