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Yiddish Transformed by Nathan Cohen

Yiddish Transformed by Nathan Cohen

Reading Habits in the Russian Empire, 1860-1914 As significant economic, social, political, and cultural transformations swept the Jewish population of Tsarist Russia and Congress Poland between 1860 and 1914, the Yiddish language (Zhargon) began...

My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar

My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar

The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds Hardcover In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck...

The Dissident by Paul Goldberg

The Dissident by Paul Goldberg

A thrilling, witty, and slyly original Cold War mystery about a ragtag group of Jewish refuseniks in Moscow. On his wedding day in 1976, Viktor Moroz stumbles upon a murder scene: two gay men,...

Providence and Power by Meir Y. Soloveichik

Providence and Power by Meir Y. Soloveichik

Ten Portraits in Jewish Statesmanship Ever since Plato’s Republic, the study of statecraft has been a staple of Western discourse, and so has the study of particular leaders. Although Jewish scholars, thinkers, and popularizers...

The Chateau by Jaclyn Gold­is

The Chateau by Jaclyn Gold­is

A dream girls trip to a luxurious French chateau devolves into a deadly nightmare of secrets and murder in this stylish, twisty thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and Lisa Jewell. Welcome...

The Smallest Hope by Jack Klajman

The Smallest Hope by Jack Klajman

The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Introduction: Avinoam J. Patt Jack Klajman is only nine years old when the ghetto walls go up in Warsaw. The Smallest Hope is his powerful memoir recounting...