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Mor­gen­thau by Andrew Meier

Mor­gen­thau by Andrew Meier

Pow­er, Priv­i­lege, and the Rise of an Amer­i­can Dynasty After coming to America from Germany in 1866, the Morgenthaus made history in international diplomacy, in domestic politics, and in America’s criminal justice system. With...

The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a young girl’s struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke Teitler and her older sister,...

The Invention of a Tradition by Immanuel Etkes

The Invention of a Tradition by Immanuel Etkes

The Messianic Zionism of the Gaon of Vilna Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture The Gaon of Vilna was the foremost intellectual leader of non-Hasidic Jewry in eighteenth-century Europe; his legacy is claimed...

Escape from the Pit by Renia Kukielka

Escape from the Pit by Renia Kukielka

A Woman’s Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Poland, 1939-1943 At the end of 1944, while World War II was still raging, nineteen-year-old Renia Kukielka published her Hebrew language memoir about the Holocaust. The account may well...

The Right Solution by Mark Falstein

The Right Solution by Mark Falstein

Chicago, August 1968: a hot town. The Democrats are gathered for their national convention to nominate a candidate for President. Thousands of young people are in the streets to protest America’s involvement in the...

Abom­i­na­tion by Ash­ley Goldberg

Abom­i­na­tion by Ash­ley Goldberg

He who turns his ear away from hearing the Torah – even his prayer is an abomination. Proverbs 28-9 Melbourne 1999- Ezra and Yonatan are best friends whose lives are forever changed when their...