Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
The book at Amazon Molly and her parents are a Jewish family who have emigrated from Russia to the United States to escape religious persecution. Molly is the only Jewish child in third grade....
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The Innocents by Francesca Segal
The book at Amazon and on Kindle Deceit and betrayal abound in this tale by first-time novelist Francesca Segal. Drawing upon Edith Wharton’s 1921 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Age of Innocence, Segal spins a...
The Pomegranate Pendant by Dvora Waysman
The book at Amazon and on Kindle After more than 15 years in print, “The Pomegranate Pendant” continues to receive literary recognition. Dvora Waysman has been awarded the 2014 “Shabazi Prize” for the historical...
Rare Canadian Jewish comic book turns up in Toronto
The National Post reported on October 31 that the 1944 comic book, “Jewish War Heroes,” turned up in a box of books donated to the Kelly Library at the University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s...
The Jewish Confederates by Robert N. Rosen
The book at Amazon In his latest study of the Civil War, Robert N. Rosen introduces readers to the community of Southern Jews of the 1860s, heretofore lost to historians and the general public....
The Demons’ Mistake: A Story from Chelm by Francine Prose
The book at Amazon The mischievous demons of Chelm, the legendary town in Poland where only fools live, wreak havoc on a daily basis. They make the milk go sour, herd livestock into the...
Ghosts and Golems: Haunting Tales of the Supernatural by Malka Penn
The book at Amazon Black and white illustrations by Theodor Black Ages 10 and up Jewish stories of the supernatural are nothing new. The very first Jewish ghost story appears in the Bible. This...
Hayyim’s Ghost by Eric A. Kimmel
The book at Amazon A classic Jewish tale. Hayyim wakes up one morning only to find out that the entire town thinks he’s “gone to Heaven.” But he’s still here! With the help of...
Hitler’s Priest by Salvatore Tagliareni
The book at Amazon and on Kindle Hitler’s Priest is a gripping story about the journey of two families during the Holocaust.The story centers on Hans Keller a young German architect invited by Josef Goebbels...
Karl Stern: The Pillar of Fire
I’d discovered a quotation from The Pillar of Fire in an article about Montreal history by a local scholar, Sherry Simon. Stern, it turns out, was a Bavarian-Jewish refugee, and he recalled looking down...
