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Author
Publisher
Tim Duggan Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In a counterfactual world resembling the 1930s, the state of Khazaria, an isolated nation of warriors Jews, is under attack by the Germanii. Esther, the precocious daughter of Khazaria's chief policy advisor, sets out on a quest to ensure the survival of her homeland"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sarah Goldstein--Jewish orphan turned secret weapon in the resistance against the Nazis--is hunting down a rogue German doctor whose germ warfare experiment could kill thousands with a single syringe. But her journey through Central Africa reveals the ravages of colonialism and exposes darker truths about her own allies than Sarah could've ever imagined"--
67) Heresy
Author
Series
[Catherine LeVendeur mystery] volume 8
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
"Catherine LeVendeur is a creature of twelfth-century France. Her life is a mirror of time, but she is a unique spirit, determined to make her way in the world and armed with a keen mind and a curiousity that often puts her in peril."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Saralee Siegel book volume 4
Publisher
Apples & Honey Press, an imprint of Behrman House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Saralee Siegal accidentally summons Haman with her hamantaschen recipe, which creates trouble at Siegel House Restaurant.
Author
Publisher
Ensign Peak
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This novel imagines how a contemporary of Jesus, Simon, an ordinary spice merchant and a Jew without deeply felt religious beliefs, begins his lifelong journey as one of the first new Christians as his life intersects with Jesus at the major milestones of his life and ministry.
Author
Publisher
Tricycle
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After learned about the Jewish tradition of tzedakah boxes, Dalia shares her knowledge with her younger brother, Yossi, by telling him what her savings can help to provide for someone in need. Includes a note about the history and customs of tzedakah boxes.
Author
Publisher
Apples & Honey Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Eating magical food to transform in cats enables fourth-grader Chaya Ann Tober and her brother Danny to go on nighttime adventures where they prowl their neighborhood, prevent a tragic cat-astrophe, and see each other in a completely new light.
Author
Publisher
Disney / Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Stranded on an iceberg on his way to America, Simon remembers his mother's parting words and lights the first candle on his menorah while praying for a miracle, which soon arrives in the form of a friendly polar bear.
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Young Reuven becomes friends with a fish which gladly shares his golden scales with the needy people of Reuven's village, although each lost scale puts his own health at risk. Includes author's note about the origin of the story in two Jewish tales, and the guidance found in every religion, and in economics, for protecting our environment and using resources wisely.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
c1950.
Language
English
Description
The vanished way of life of Eastern European Jews in the early part of the twentieth century is the subject of this extraordinary novel. All the strata of this complex society were populated by powerfully individual personalities, and the whole community pulsated with life and vitality. The affairs of the patriarchal Meshulam Moskat and the unworldly Asa Heshel Bannet provide the center of the book, but its real focus is the civilization that was...
Author
Series
Once upon the East End novel volume 1
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To save her business in 1832 London, heiress Isabelle Lira must quickly marry a powerful ally outside of her rivals' sphere of influence, and offers synagogue custodian Aaron Ellenberg money for a new life if he vets her suitors, only to find herself falling for this man she cannot have.
Author
Series
Letras de bolsillo volume 80
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Bruno tiene nueve años y desconoce el significado del Holocausto. Todo lo que sabe es que su padre, recién nombrado comandante de un campo de concentración, ha ascendido en su trabajo, y que ha pasado de vivir en una confortable casa de Berlín a una zona aislada. Todo cambia cuando conoce a Shmuel, un niño judío que vive una extraña existencia paralela al otro lado de la alambrada.
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