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This captivating, breakout novel-told in alternating viewpoints-brings readers from the skies of World War II to the present day, where a woman is prepared to tell her secrets at last.
Estranged from her family since just after World War II, Mary Browning has spent her entire adult life hiding from her past. Now eighty-seven years old and a widow, she is still haunted by secrets and fading memories of the family she left behind. Her one outlet is...
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A woman in her forties is a victim of a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem market. Her body lies unidentified in a hospital morgue. She had apparently worked as a cleaning woman at a bakery, but there is no record of her employment. When a Jerusalem daily accuses the bakery of "gross negligence and inhumanity toward an employee," the bakery's owner, overwhelmed by guilt, entrusts the task of figuring out who she was, and burying her, to a human resources...
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Rabbi Small takes a break from solving murder cases to investigate a far greater mystery: the intricacies of Judaism In Conversations with Rabbi Small, the rabbi finds himself taking a well-deserved vacation at a Jewish retreat in the mountains, where he reads, plays cards, and furthers his studies, which have been languishing for too long. When the rabbi's wife is called back to the city to deal with an illness in the family, the rabbi meets a curious...
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As the great Mel Brooks said, " Humor is just another defense against the universe" - and in these chaotic times, an irreverent and chaotic book like When the Rains Came, will definitely help you gird your loins AND laugh your head off. This entertaining collection of flash fiction, has been mysteriously spun out of the very deep, extended, chaotic, intense, personal experiences of a unique, one-of-a-kind person....
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With Blue's father in prison for selling marijuana and his mother estranged for over the last seven years, Blue is doing well, all considering. As the second addition to the not-so-nuclear Dixon family of Lisa, her ten-year-old son, Dwight, and the retired, Jewish introvert, Av, Blue finds himself living in a much better area of Halifax, Nova Scotia, going to a much better school and for the first time, actually applying himself academically as he...
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Back in the USSA is a remarkable non-fiction hybrid that, in so many ways, defies classification. Seen through the eyes of expatriate author, Boris Dragunsky, it is a work in three stages. In part a Russian Jewish family saga that begins inside Stalin's Soviet Union during World War II, it introduces us to some remarkable historical insights, including a portrait of Boris's uncle, Soviet Colonel General David Dragunsky (Twice Hero of the Soviet Union),...
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With a Ladino word introduced on each page, a Sephardic Jewish family prepares to celebrate Shabbat.
Buen Shabat tells the story of one family's Shabbat dinner. Throughout, the Ladino expression, 'Buen Shabat,' is repeated again and again alongside its Hebrew counterpart, Shabbat Shalom. The phrase literally means 'peaceful Sabbath,' and it's what we use to say 'Have a good Shabbat.' (Or, in Yiddish, 'Gut Shabbos.')
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Inspiring, mystical, and often surprising Chassidic tales combine with teachings and favorite Jewish recipes to nourish body and soul.
Stories and food have always been central to Jewish life, and in this book, they are uniquely tied together. Thirty-nine Chassidic tales, revolving around food and eating and accompanied by spiritual teachings, delve into the mysteries of the Kabbalah, the joy of the Chassidim, and the power of religious faith and...
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