Jewish Fiction category: 695 books

Called on to watch over King Solomon's daughter, the Ziz takes Magda on a joyful trip around the world. But when she falls in love with a handsome young man, the Ziz's jealousy gets the giant bird into trouble.

It's 1942. Sam's class is knitting socks for soldiers and Sam is a terrible knitter. Keiko is a good knitter, but some kids at school don't want anything to do with her because the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor and her family is Japanese American. When Keiko's family is forced to move to a camp for Japanese Americans, can Sam find a way to demonstrate his friendship?

Never-before translated work from one of France's most renowned authors. Duras also made Abahn Sabana David into the film Jaune le soleil, which is one reason why this title will appeal to professors of film studies in addition to those teaching French or comp lit. This is the third...

Autrice di La ragazza con la Leica vincitrice del Premio Strega 2018 «Due cose non si possono guardare in faccia: il sole e la morte» ha scritto La Rochefoucauld nelle sue Massime. La visione diretta della grande luce e del grande buio sono per noi intollerabili. Si può essere ciechi per...

Ten little-known and under-studied works by seventeenth-century women (edited from manuscript and print) that explore the relationship between spiritual and physical health in the period

New.  Modern.  Fast.  Describes Vol 2 of a breakout 4-volume epic novel, the first toddler-to-death coverage of King David. The most up-to-date comprehensive book about him.  Including relations to his father Jesse, to King Saul, Queen Rizpah, King Achish, Joab, Hushai the Arky, Jashobeam,...

O reinado de D. Manuel I foi um dos mais brilhantes e ao mesmo tempo mais sombrios da história de Portugal. Ao mesmo tempo que portugueses e espanhóis abriam horizontes ao mundo através dos mares, nos dois reinos era feita a mais horrível perseguição aos não...

Israel in Transition The land is changing from the rule of judges to that of kings; from theocracy to monarchy. The Philistines in the west harass, plunder, and destroy. From his mother’s desperate prayers to bear a son, to Samuel’s old age, this fictional autobiography based on the book...

Based on the successful short film by Kevin McGuiness, “The Bump In My Nose” revolves around a young girl named Marissa Freedberg, who discusses the bump in her nose and other aspects of her appearance that make her uneasy. Throughout the story Marissa struggles and eventually succeeds at finding self-acceptance in spite of a culture that finds diversity difficult to resolve.

A Bar Mitzvah boy's kippah falls off his head and journeys around the world before finding its way back home. Follow the madcap adventure of Josh's kippah from his Bar Mitzvah in New York to a sukkah in Israel and a Hanukkah party in Argentina, with many stops in between.

Excited Ella and her stuffed monkey, Koofi, take a family trip to Israel. Ella enjoys visiting all the famous places in Israel, but Koofi experiences Israel in his own special way!

Runaway children who meet up with monsters. A giant talking bug. A secret world of mouse-people. The stories of Franz Kafka are wondrous and nightmarish, miraculous and scary. In My First Kafka, storyteller Matthue Roth and artist Rohan Daniel Eason adapt three Kafka stories into startling, creepy, fun...

This vibrant picture book is a lyrical lullaby capturing the instant bond between children and parents at the moment of birth. Filled with evocative art, When I First Held You will become a "read to me" classic.

When unlucky things keep happening to ten-year-old Middle Pip, his big brother tells him he's got an Evil Eye. How can Middle Pip save himself from it? And what is an Evil Eye, anyway?