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Beinoni by Mari Lowe

Beinoni by Mari Lowe

In a Beinoni time there should be no war, no terrible illness, no crime. Even if that also means there won’t be any great discoveries, any cures, anything extraordinary. Ezra believes that’s worth fighting...

Beneath the Light­less Sky by Igna­cy Chiger

Beneath the Light­less Sky by Igna­cy Chiger

Sur­viv­ing the Holo­caust in the Sew­ers of Lvov Ignacy Chiger (1906-1975) recounts his family’s desperate struggle to evade Nazi persecution in wartime Lvov, Poland, where they hid in the city’s underground sewers with the...

33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen

33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen

An outstanding debut novel—a love story, mystery, and philosophical puzzle, told in the singular voices of the residents of a Beaux Arts apartment house in Belgium during World War II. On the eve of...

The Last Woman of Warsaw by Judy Batalion

The Last Woman of Warsaw by Judy Batalion

A debut novel by the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Light of Days, following two very different Jewish women in Warsaw in the late 1930s as they unexpectedly come together in their search...

Never Fitting In by Sonia Claire Ascher

Never Fitting In by Sonia Claire Ascher

My Journey with Parental Trauma, Addiction, Healing In 1938, during Kristallnacht, Sonia Ascher’s father was seized by the Nazis from his home in Germany and taken to Buchenwald Concentration Camp. This memoir follows her...

The Mystery of the Mermaid by Leah Cypess

The Mystery of the Mermaid by Leah Cypess

Illustrator: Sarah Lynne Reul A charming chapter-book series about a young Orthodox Jewish girl out to discover the truth about all the magical mysteries in her world, perfect for fans of Marya Khan and Zoey...