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Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Paster­nack

Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Paster­nack

Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness—even facing the Angel of Death himself. From Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack. Pesah has...

When's Mummy Coming? by Rachel Wesson

When’s Mummy Coming? by Rachel Wesson

Germany 1939: “Heinz, take her, please.” Trudi’s voice trembled, her hands shaking as she held the baby out to him. Liesel screamed in protest, grabbing a length of her mother’s hair. “Forget what you...

Stéphane Mosès: Displacements by Ashraf Noor

Stéphane Mosès: Displacements by Ashraf Noor

Selected Essays on German-Jewish Literature and Modernity Stéphane Mosès explores in Displacements the poetry of Paul Celan and the work of major German-Jewish thinkers in the context of his distinction between normative and critical...

Simon Son of Star by Ronen Tregerman

Simon Son of Star by Ronen Tregerman

When one man raises his sword against the world’s biggest empire in a quest against all odds to free his people, a battle that will be written on the pages of history rages on....