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Ash­ton Hall by Lau­ren Belfer

Ash­ton Hall by Lau­ren Belfer

“How many lives can you imagine yourself living?” So Hannah Larson wonders. When a close relative falls ill, Hannah and her young son, Nicky, decide to join him for the summer at Ashton Hall,...

The Glassmaker’s Son by Peter Kupfer

The Glassmaker’s Son by Peter Kupfer

Looking for the World My Father Left Behind in Nazi Germany Holocaust Survivor True Stories WWII A blend of lyrical memoir and sober history, The Glassmaker’s Son recounts a son’s decades-long quest to uncover...

A Glimmer Through the Breach by Juliet Ayres

A Glimmer Through the Breach by Juliet Ayres

Mancunians Hannah Bernstein and Trish Wilcox are worlds apart in terms of social class – in terms of everything. Hannah is Jewish from the middle-class suburb of Didsbury and Trish is Catholic from an...

The Origins of Judaism by Yonatan Adler

The Origins of Judaism by Yonatan Adler

An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library Groundbreaking research that utilizes archaeological discoveries and ancient texts to revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism Throughout much of history, the Jewish way...