Jewish category: 3083 books
Four Four Jew
Football, Fans and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
Four Four Jew is a major exhibition by Jewish Museum London exploring the story of football and Jews in Britain from the turn of the century to the present day. It brings together previously unseen material from private and public collections across the UK to tell the story of the clubs, the players,...
Hidden Children of the Holocaust:Belgian Nuns and their Daring Rescue of Young Jews from the Nazis
Belgian Nuns and their Daring Rescue of Young Jews from the Nazis
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2008
In the terrifying summer of 1942 in Belgium, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe haven for their children. As Suzanne Vromen reveals in Hidden Children of the Holocaust, these children found sanctuary with other families and schools--but...
The Silent and the Damned
The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2002
The 1913 murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan would have far-reaching consequences for Georgia and the nation; in the years that followed a Jewish man named Leo Frank was convicted on dubious evidence, a governor's career toppled while an anti-Semite became Georgia's senator, and the Anti-Defamation...
Save the Deli
In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2009
James Beard Award Winner: A cultural history and culinary travelogue from “the M.F.K. Fisher of pickled meats” (A. J. Jacobs).
These days there are very few places you can get authentic hot pastrami sandwiches, delicious matzo ball soup, and chewy, crusty rye. In this travelogue, die-hard...
Jacob's Cane
A Jewish Family's Journey from the Four Lands of Lithuania to the Ports of London and Baltimore; A M
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
Drawn to an image of her great-grandfather's ornately carved cane, scholar Elisa New embarked on a journey to discover the origins of her precious family heirloom. Treading back across the paths of her ancestors, she travels from Baltimore to the Baltic to London in order to find and understand an...
The Holocaust Averted
An Alternate History of American Jewry, 1938-1967
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
The increasingly popular genre of “alternative histories” has captivated audiences by asking questions like “what if the South had won the Civil War?” Such speculation can be instructive, heighten our interest in a topic, and shed light on accepted history. In The Holocaust Averted, Jeffrey...
by Leanne Lieberman
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
When Mia, a Jewish teenager from Ontario, goes to Israel to spend the summer studying at a yeshiva, or seminary, she wants to connect with the land and deepen her understanding of Judaism. However, Mia's summer plans go astray when she falls in love with a non-Jewish tourist, Andrew. Through him,...
by Bubbee Levine
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
In an exciting way that only a grandmother can tell, Diana Levine writing as Bubbe Levine brings to life all the joy of Jewish holidays and traditions. Imaging planning for a small family gathering and having the whole world come to it. Thats what happened when Bubbe and Zayda planned their oldest...
by Tracy Newman
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Crack the eggs. Hear the sound?
Make this braided challah round.
Rosh Hashanah is coming.
This sweet board book celebrates the Jewish New Year, and is the fourth in Tracy Newman's Jewish holiday series. As Kirkus said of Shabbat is Coming!, a previous book in this series, ". . . the bouncy...
by Lev Raphael
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
An author with name recognition in various genres: mystery, gay, Jewish, Holocaust Studies, self-help. 2. Although not a traditional mystery, this is a book that poses many questions as to the emotional turmoil suffered by a Jewish family--and answers them with a surprising twist. 3. Author has an active...
Poyln
My Life within Jewish Life in Poland, Sketches and Images
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Originally published between 1944 and 1953, Poyln (Poland) is one of the treasures of Yiddish literature. Despite its reputation, the book has not been fully translated into English until now. Written by Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk, a prominent Polish Jewish writer, Poyln is a colourful epic, a moving testimony,...
by Lillian Faderman
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
An acclaimed writer on her mother’s tumultuous life as a Jewish immigrant in 1930s New York and her life-long guilt when the Holocaust claims the family she left behind in Latvia
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A story of love, war, and life as a Jewish immigrant in the squalid factories and lively dance halls of New York’s...
Jumping Over Shadows
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
• A modern-day Romeo and Juliet story, this book will appeal to readers of romance and memoir alike. • Jumping Over Shadows is a second-generation Holocaust story, and the Holocaust and its impact continues to fascinate American readers. The U.S. Holocaust Museum averages 2.2 million adult visitors...
Beyond Trochenbrod
The Betty Gold Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Few are familiar with one of the Holocaust’s most monstrous acts, the systematic murder of 5,000 Jewish residents in a Nazi-occupied Polish town, Trochenbrod, on August 11, 1942. Of the 33 who escaped death, only one person remains to describe these events—Betty Gold. Twelve-year-old Betty and...