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Get the Summary of Kati Marton's The Great Escape in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Great Escape" by Kati Marton chronicles the lives of several prominent Hungarian individuals who left their mark on the world through their contributions to film, science, and literature. The book delves into the golden era of Budapest, highlighting the city's transformation into a cultural and intellectual hub, particularly...
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What will happen when Miriam, a 16-year-old Jewish girl from a tiny village in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has been impregnated by a young Pole? Her parents send her off to join her brothers in America. Along the way, however, Miriam boards the wrong train . . . Ann Abelson's novella begins a family saga based on actual events.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 606
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1992.
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Jewish-American fiction, 1917-1987.
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Relocated to New York City from the Midwest, Becky Cohen follows her dream by snagging a choice entry level job at Homes and Ralph Publishing. Hanukkah is not a recognized holiday there, so Becky must remain in New York. Squished into a tiny two-bedroom apartment with three young women, Becky misses her family's home and the rowdy companionship of her brothers. She plans to Skype with her family during their Hanukkah celebration, until her father...
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Jesus is known to have lived a life of love, justice and mercy. His actions and teachings are permeated by these values, and they continue to inspire and guide millions of people around the world to this day.Jesus preached love of neighbor as one of the most important commandments, teaching the importance of loving not only friends and family but also strangers and even enemies. He exemplified this love through his actions, helping those in need and...
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After 2,500 Years of Mystery, the Truth About the Ark of the Covenant Is Revealed
The Lost Ark of the Covenant is the real-life account of an astounding quest-professor Tudor Parfitt's effort to recover the revered artifact that contained the Ten Commandments, sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. With painstaking historical scholarship, groundbreaking genetic science, and fascinating on-the-ground discoveries, Parfitt, who the Wall Street...
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Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights, celebrating an ancient miracle with candles, fried foods, and family gatherings. What better time to find true love?
From Regency Scotland to contemporary New York City, from sweet short stories to super-spicy novellas, Eight Kisses spreads a feast of love. Interfaith opposites attract. A small-town reunion offers a second chance. An interracial couple rises above initial misunderstandings. Online dating yields...
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Annie was scared when her family and friends were forced to leave their homes when she was fourteen.It was 1904 when her parents traveled across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean to New York City with her four siblings.This historical fiction reminisces the trials all immigrants made in the early 1900s.
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Workaholic Isaac hasn't been back to his hometown since his father's funeral two years earlier, pushing his family away because of a painful secret. Hanukkah and a forced vacation lure him back to Atlanta, where he's reunited with his two lost loves- an old motorcycle and his sister's best friend Giada. While rediscovering his passion for both the bike and the woman, Isaac rebuilds his heart.
Giada has lost her Christmas spirit since returning home...
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An interpretation of the ancient sources and certain modern theories regarding Caligula's life, personality, reign, and particular circumstances leading to his assassination, taken from a nontraditional perspective by which he is not considered to have been insane. At the same time, some discussion is made of his friendship with and influence by Agrippa I of Judaea.
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Growing up in Tzfat at the turn of the twentieth century, Esther does not know what to expect when she marries Moshe, a trunk-maker with dreams of following his brothers to start a new life in America. Tzfat may not be perfect . . . but what about the challenges of the new world, so strange and so far from everything Esther and Moshe have ever known?Those challenges, after all, are considerable-from the constant economic struggle of feeding and housing...
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Th3K1ng0fK1ng5Tommy is a teen genius who dominates the online world of Call of Duty (COD). In reality, the brilliant but nerdy Tommy is a constant target for schoolyard bullies. That is until the new kid, the athletic Ethan comes to town; a Jewish kid whose dead Grandfather talks to Tommy and guides him toward his goal of developing a device that will allow him to travel into the Fourth Dimension while promising grampa Joshua he will watch out for...
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A vampire's tale of love, lust, revenge and redemption. Schlimazel has been bullied his whole life by the coarse and prejudiced peasants of Sebreim, and it doesn't help when he falls in love with the innkeeper's luminous daughter, Ludmilla. Oy! One night, drunken peasants beat poor Schlimazel within an inch of his life and cast him into the snow to die. A mysterious woman in a dark coach intervenes, giving Schlimazel a bloody kiss-and he awakens as...
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Isabel, raised in a family of post-war Jewish immigrants in Canada, embarks on a journey to find love, purpose and home, navigating between Montreal and Jerusalem. In Here Is Still Here, Sivan Slapak explores human connection and identity with compassion and wit, reminding us that no matter how far you go, you remain yourself.
Where can one go when Here Is Still Here?
Raised in a family of post-war Jewish refugees in Canada, Isabel feels...
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This contemporary companion to the Jewish year cycle is not only a bellwether for radical Jews who want their lives and practice to be rooted in their political commitments but also an educational resource in Jewish tradition, holidays, and ritual. With a chapter for each month of the Hebrew calendar, For Times Such as These offers spiritual practices and holiday rituals rooted in movements for racial justice, decolonization, feminism, and queer and...
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History of Jews in the Czech Lands delves into the rich and complex history of the Jewish people in the Czech lands, spanning from their earliest settlements to the end of the 19th century. This comprehensive work, translated into English for the first time by Kytka Hilmarova, offers readers a meticulous account of the Jewish experience in the region from the years 900 to 1900.Throughout the book, the challenges and struggles faced by the Jewish community...
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A baby boy is hidden in a basket floating on the Nile. A fearful mother sings a song of protection. And a brave big sister seeks a chance to save her brother.
Meet the family of baby Moses in this lyrical retelling, and see how God's faithfulness can be revealed through one small person who takes a big risk for someone she loves.
20) Chaim Potok
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Chaim Potok.
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