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Blue­bird by Sharon Cameron

Blue­bird by Sharon Cameron

Author of Reese’s Book Club YA Pick The Light in Hidden Places, Sharon Cameron, delivers an emotionally gripping and utterly immersive thriller, perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys’s Salt to the Sea. In 1946,...

Roman Rule and Jewish Life by Hannah M. Cotton

Roman Rule and Jewish Life by Hannah M. Cotton

Collected Papers Hannah M Cotton’s collected papers focus on questions which have fascinated her for over four decades: the concrete relationships between law, language, administration and everyday life in Judaea and Nabataea in particular,...

The Melody by Oded Burla

The Melody by Oded Burla

Translator: Ilana KurshanIllustrator: Assaf Benharroch This seems to be a simple story of a melody in search of a singer, but look a little closer and you will find echoes of an ancient Jewish...

Free as a Jew by Ruth Wisse

Free as a Jew by Ruth Wisse

A Per­son­al Mem­oir of Nation­al Self-Liberation A Jewish child born into the worst of times in Europe grows up during the best of times in North America—only to recognize that it could be moving...

A Culinary Legacy by Viviane Bowell

A Culinary Legacy by Viviane Bowell

Recipes from a Sephardi Egyptian kitchen The author was born and brought up in Cairo, Egypt. She was expelled with her family in 1956 as a result of the Suez crisis and came to...

Under the Iron Bridge by Kathy Kac­er

Under the Iron Bridge by Kathy Kac­er

It’s 1938 in Dusseldorf, Germany, and Paul is feeling pressured to join the Hitler Youth. The last thing he wants to do is march around with a bunch of bullies, supporting the Gestapo and...