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The Mortal Storm The Mortal Storm Phyllis Bottome Pre-World War II Ficton. It is rebellious Fraulein Freya Toiler's birthday and she does not want to spend it with her cheeky brothers. She wants to do something special; something exciting and out of… OL1203214W
Strudel stories Strudel stories Joanne Rocklin Seven generations of a Jewish family hear stories of their family history, all told while making apple strudel. OL121004W
Children of the Ghetto Children of the Ghetto Israel Zangwill Joodse inwoners van de Londense wijk Whitechapel hebben moeite hun traditionele denkbeelden te verenigen met wat er uit de moderne samenleving op ze afkomt. OL1285635W
Gauchos judíos Gauchos judíos Alberto Gerchunoff "Reprint, with minor changes, of the 1955 translation of Gerchunoff's 1910 classic volume about Jewish immigrants in rural Argentina. Twenty-six vignettes, with some inter-related characters, tell st… OL1308236W
The devil's company The devil's company David Liss From the acclaimed author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Paper comes a superb new historical thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London. In Benjamin Weaver, Davi… OL13246W
The Family Moskat The Family Moskat Isaac Bashevis Singer Review in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/01/25/home/singer-moskat.html OL1345096W
Escape to the forest Escape to the forest Ruth Y. Radin A young Jewish girl living with her family in the town of Lida at the beginning of World War II recalls the horrors of life under first the Russians then the Nazis, before fleeing to join Tuvia Biels… OL14870283W
What is Passover? What is Passover? Harriet Ziefert Help Jake and his family prepare for a special family seder in this holiday lift-the-flap book about Passover. OL14969204W
The rose horse The rose horse Deborah Lee Rose When Lily goes to Coney Island in 1909 to visit her newborn sister, she learns about the art and traditions of the Jewish woodcarvers who make the carousel animals there. OL15048122W
My first two thousand years My first two thousand years George Sylvester Viereck My First Two Thousand Years tells the story of Cartaphilus, the Wandering Jew, a Jewish man and a former friend of Jesus, who joins the Roman army. He is present in Jerusalem as Jesus is carrying th… OL1506106W
Threads and flames Threads and flames Esther M. Friesner After recovering from typhus, thirteen-year-old Raisa leaves her Polish shtetl for America to join her older sister, and goes to work at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. OL15112170W
Once I Was a Plum Tree Once I Was a Plum Tree Johanna Hurwitz Increasingly aware of the differences between her family, who are nonobservant Jews, and their Catholic neighbors, 10-year-old Gerry Flam begins to investigate her heritage. OL152030W
The Last Brother The Last Brother Nathacha Appanah-Mouriquand,Nathacha Appanah Translated from the French by Geoffrey Strachan OL15667661W
Eight winter nights Eight winter nights Laura Krauss Melmed Short verses describe symbols, foods, and family fun associated with the festival of Hanukkah. Includes facts about the history and traditions. OL157864W
Guardian of the dawn Guardian of the dawn Richard Zimler In late-sixteenth-century Goa, young Tiago Zarco confronts the long reach of the Inquisition as he fights to save his family and preserve his relationship with the Hindu girl he loves. OL15836763W
Snow in August Snow in August Pete Hamill In Brooklyn in the late 1940s, adolescent Michael Devlin is a dutiful son to his widowed mother and a conscientious altar boy at the parish church. One day, he meets Rabbi Judah Hirsch, a chance enco… OL15845208W
What happened to Heather Hopkowitz? What happened to Heather Hopkowitz? Charlotte Herman When the parents of fourteen-year-old Heather go on a month-long cruise, she goes to stay with Orthodox family friends and decides to change her life. OL15845874W
Lisa's War Lisa's War Carol Matas During the Nazi occupation of Denmark, Lisa and other teenage Jews become involved in an underground resistance movement and eventually must flee for their lives. OL16048316W
The street sweeper The street sweeper Elliot Perlman "From the author of Seven Types of Ambiguity, an epic that reaches across generations and spans continents, revealing the interconnectedness and interdependence of humanity and the profound impact of… OL16342588W
The little bride The little bride Anna Solomon Tells the story of a sixteen-year-old Russian Jewish mail-order bride who finds herself stranded in the prairies of South Dakota married to a man twice her age and falling in love with her nineteen-y… OL16460812W
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