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When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg

When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg

From acclaimed author Evan Fallenberg, an exquisitely crafted debut novel tells the story of a preeminent male ballet dancer in theautumn of his career—a Jew whose talent once saved him from the Nazis—whose fading...

When G-d Asks Me by Devorah Kalani

When G-d Asks Me by Devorah Kalani

A Jewish woman’s spiritual and physical journey to the Holy Land to use K-9 working dogs to guard Jews in the … and preventing terrorism by Palestinians. Forget what you think you know about...

Journey of Strangers by Elizabeth Zelvin

Journey of Strangers by Elizabeth Zelvin

1493: Joanna is one of 2,000 Jewish children torn from their parents on the Lisbon docks and sent as slaves to a pestilential island off the African coast. 1495: Diego Mendoza and his sister...