Siberian Summer by Raisa Borovsky
This is a vivid, true story of Soviet Russia during the last decades of the USSR. It provides a lesser-known insider’s view that breaks stereotypes. As a daring memoir of a young woman searching...
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Out of the Storm: Holocaust to Hope by Michael Halperin
Alex and Mela Roslan and their children, an ordinary, brave Polish family rescue Jewish brothers from the Warsaw Ghetto, with whom they bond, keeping them safe through the Holocaust and into post-Holocaust years on...
The Pessimist’s Son: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope by Alexander Kimel, Martin Kimel
A personal depiction of life in Poland set against the Nazi and Soviet takeovers of Europe and their cataclysmic aftermaths. It is the compelling memoir of Alexander Kimel, taking him from a shtetl in...
Holocaust: German History and Our Half-Jewish Family by Thomas Paul Bernstein
This compelling family history spans from the 1890s to the 21st century, weaving personal stories into the broader fabric of German history to reveal a deeply moving account of survival, courage, and resilience. At...
Goodbye, Tahrir Square: Coming of Age as a Jew of the Nile by Elio Zarmati
“Goodbye, Tahrir Square” is a first-person memoir written from the standpoint of a Jewish boy growing up in Egypt during the watershed years that shaped the Middle East into the powder keg it is...
Survival by Ita Dimant
Translator: Teresa PollinEditor: Martin Dean Ita Dimant’s gripping diary is a detailed account of her experiences during the Holocaust. She describes the chaotic living conditions in the Warsaw ghetto and her dramatic escape to...
18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages by Nora Gold (editor)
This anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction. This is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: a collection of 18...
My Kaddish: A Child Speaks from the Warsaw Ghetto by Thérèse (Terri) Masson
Editor: Simone Masson This short, beautifully-written memoir is a rare first-hand account of a child’s life in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. The author weaves together memories from her wartime childhood, reflections...
If Only You Could Bottle It by Jack Nusan Porter
Memoirs of a Radical Son Told through essays, memoirs, and other musings, this is the story of a radical Jew, academic, and educator from his birth in Ukraine during the Holocaust through the radical...
Under a Bloodred Sky by Avigdor Hameiri
Avigdor Hameiri’s War Stories and Poetry Translators: Peter C. Appelbaum, Dan Hecht This book represents an anthology of Avigdor Hameiri’s ten most compelling war stories and poetry. His war stories are unique, and different...
