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A Requiem for Hania by Greg Dinner

A Requiem for Hania by Greg Dinner

In 1942, Hania Stern, a young Jewish girl in Warsaw and her family are caught up in the horrors of the Warsaw Ghetto. Hania survives when so many others do not survive, escaping when...

A Targumist Interprets the Torah by Iosif J. Zhakevich

A Targumist Interprets the Torah by Iosif J. Zhakevich

Contradictions and Coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Supplement to Aramaic Studies This book conducts a study of contradictions and coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and suggests that the alleged contradictions are ultimately given to resolution, once...

This Light Between Us by Andrew Fuku­da

This Light Between Us by Andrew Fuku­da

A Nov­el of World War II In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington is disgusted when he’s forced to become pen pals with Charlie Lévy of Paris, France―a girl. He thought she...

The Tattooed Torah by Marvell Ginsburg

The Tattooed Torah by Marvell Ginsburg

Illustrator: Martin Lemelman Now more than ever, it is essential to continue teaching the lessons of the Holocaust to young children in an impactful and palatable way, so that such horrific events are never...