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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Josephus Josephus Flavius Josephus It was published about A.D. 78, when Josephus was about 40 years old. The next work to be published was The Jewish Antiquities, about sixteen years later. It consisted of the early writings of Josep… OL15202836W
Panter ba-martef Panter ba-martef Amos Oz The lighthearted tale of a 12-year-old Jewish boy who befriends a British policeman in 1947 Israel, a friendship which leads his comrades to accuse him of treason. The boys have formed a secret liber… OL15832527W
Los informantes Los informantes Juan Gabriel Vásquez When Gabriel Santoro's biography is scathingly reviewed by his own father, a public intellectual and famous Bogotá rhetorician, Gabriel could not imagine what had pierced his icy exterior to provoke … OL1663451W
When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr Recounts the adventures of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family in the early 1930's as they travel from Germany to England. OL1742390W
Jonas Fink Jonas Fink Giardino. The early adventures of Jonas Fink, a Jewish boy growing up in communist controlled Prague. OL2058408W
The Last Jew The Last Jew Noah Gordon After witnessing the murder of his father and brother, Yonah Toledano vows to honor the memory of his family by remaining Jewish, even though the Spanish government has vowed to exile all Jews. El… OL2296590W
Cruzar California Cruzar California Adam Langer Three families living in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood find their lives impacted by world events from 1979 to 1981, including the Iran hostage crisis, Reagan's election, and the deaths of f… OL24199270W
Life in the damn tropics Life in the damn tropics David Unger "Set in strife-torn Guatemala City in the early 1980s, this sophisticated, quasicomedic tale depicts the decline and near-fall of a prominent Guatemalan Jewish family.". "First, the Eltaleph family … OL5013058W
Milkweed (Black Apples) Milkweed (Black Apples) Jerry Spinelli He’s a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He’s a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He’s a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He’… OL77077W
Servant of the Bones Servant of the Bones Anne Rice Azriel, Servant of the Bones, is a ghost, a demon, an angel who finds himself in present-day New York witnessing the murder of a young girl- He finds himself obsessed by the desire to avenge her deat… OL77825W
Memories of Anne Frank Memories of Anne Frank Gold, Alison Leslie. Recounts the story of Hannah Goslar, a close friend of Anne Frank and one of the last to see her alive. OL90262W