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An unnamed narrator writes a letter to an old college friend, Adam, with whom he has been staying since his abrupt return to the States from Israel. Now that the narrator is moving on to a new location, he finally reveals the events that led him to Adam’s door, set in motion by a chance encounter with Uzi, a spice merchant whose wares had developed a cult following. From his first meeting with Uzi, the narrator is overwhelmed by an animal attraction that will lead him to derail his life, withdraw from friends, and extend his stay in a small town north of Tel Aviv.

Spain, 1391. Joana, wife of Shlomo Halevi, the Rabbi of Burgos, mother of five, and daughter of a wealthy and respectable family, is living a comfortable, carefree life. Until her world is shattered without warning one summer day. While her husband Shlomo, now Pablo de Santamaria, joins the Catholic church and takes their family with him, Joana struggles with the unrelenting yearning for her children. Will her soul find relief? Will her children return to her side?

Marek and Annette, who have escaped from Poland following the pogroms against the Jews, lead a simple and happy life in France’s capital together with their two young children. Their Christian neighbor, Helena, an immigrant from Italy who dances at the Folies Bergère nightclub for a living, develops a close relationship with the couple at the center of which is a secret affair with Marek. When the Nazis enter Paris, the family’s life, as well as Helena’s, is about to change. Marek embarks on a mission to arrange for his family’s escape but soon disappears without a trace.

In book three of the Michal’s Destiny series, after her parents are arrested by the Nazis on Kristallnacht, 12-year-old Gilde Margolis is sent away from her home, her sister, and everyone she knows and loves. Alone and afraid, Gilde boards a train through the Kinder-transport bound for London, where she will stay with strangers. Over the next seven years as Gilde is coming of age, she learns about love, friendship, heartache, and the pain of betrayal.

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Während der Lektüre eines Buchs über das Leben des Buddha fällt der Erzähler in einen unruhigen Traum, in dem er sich im geheimnisvollen Labyrinth des Prager Ghettos wieder findet. In dieser gespenstischen Atmosphäre voller Liebe und Leidenschaft, Intrige, Hass und Verbrechen, Angst und Grauen begegnet er dem Golem, einem von einem weisen Rabbiner aus einem Lehmklumpen geschaffenen künstlichen Menschen. Dieser grandiose Roman entführt den Hörer in eine verwirrend surreale Welt, in der die Grenzen zwischen Traum und Wachen, Wahn und Wirklichkeit auf unheimliche Weise verschwinden.

Nichelle Sampson is living the life she always dreamed of. She’s a political-science professor like her father, is in her sorority’s leadership like her mother, and has wonderful friends. The only thing missing is romance. But when a letter and mysterious ring arrive, Nichelle’s perfect life is shattered. She’s shocked to learn that she’s adopted and biracial and that her origin story isn’t what her parents claimed. Looking for the truth, Nichelle sets out to unlock the secrets behind her birth family through the heirloom ring.

Was bedeutet Familie? Was heißt jüdisch sein? Wie umgehen mit Alter, Krankheit, Tod? Yasmina Rezas neuer Roman kreist um große Fragen. Die Geschwister Popper: Serge, verkrachtes Genie und homme à femmes, Jean, der Vermittler und Ich-Erzähler, und Nana, die verwöhnte Jüngste mit dem unpassenden spanischen Mann. Eine jüdische Familie. Nach dem Tod der Mutter entfremdet man sich immer mehr. Zu ihren Lebzeiten hat keiner die alte Frau nach der Shoah und ihren ungarischen Vorfahren gefragt. Jetzt schlägt Serges Tochter Joséphine einen Besuch in Auschwitz vor.

Bari Lynn has a secret. So, she, a young Jewish-American girl, decides to tour Israel with her best friend and the members of their synagogue in search of answers. Meanwhile, beneath the surface in Israel, trouble is stirring with a group of radical Islamists. The case falls into the hands of Elan, a powerful passionate Mossad agent, trying to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. He believes nothing can break him, but in order to achieve their goals, the terrorists will go to any means to bring Elan to his knees.

Brought together by chance, bound together by secrets. A decade into the Great Depression, Millicent Green is a twenty-five-year-old "old maid" living with her marriage-obsessed mother and domineering older brother in the stiflingly small Jewish community of New Bern, North Carolina. Smart and...

It begins in November 1938 on The Night of the Broken Glass, when Jewish people of Germany are terrified as Hitler's men shatter their store windows, steal, destroy their belongings, and arrest many Jewish fathers and brothers. Parents face unparalleled fear for their own lives, but their focus is on protecting their beloved children.

In the final book in the Eidel's Story series the children of Holocaust survivors Eidel and Dovid Levi have grown to adulthood. They each face hard trials and tribulations of their own, many of which stem from growing up as children of Holocaust survivors. Haley is a peacemaker who yearns to please even at the expense of her own happiness. Abby is an angry rebel on the road to self-destruction. And, Mark, Dovid’s only son, carries a heavy burden of guilt and secrets. He wants to please his father, but he cannot.

"Mi sentivo prima tedesco, poi ebreo". In questa frase piena di rimpianto è racchiuso il fascino dei tre romanzi brevi di Fred Uhlman, nati dalla tragedia di chi, disperatamente innamorato della Germania e della sua cultura, nel 1933 se ne vide improvvisamente allontanato in nome di una motivazione aberrante come quella razziale.

In the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, a young Orthodox Jewish woman in the holy city of Jerusalem is expected to marry and produce many sons to help hasten the Messiah's arrival. While the feisty Esther Kaminsky understands her obligations, her artistic talent inspires her to secretly explore worlds outside her religion, to dream of studying in Paris - and to believe that God has a special destiny for her. When tragedy strikes her family, Esther views it as a warning from an angry God....

"Tuvia era mio nonno. Vera è mia nonna. Rafael, Rafi, mio padre, e Nina... Nina non c'è. Nina non è qui. È sempre stato questo il suo contributo particolare alla famiglia", annota Ghili nel suo quaderno. Ma per la festa dei novant'anni di Vera, Nina è tornata; ha preso tre aerei che dall'Artico l'hanno portata al kibbutz, tra l'euforia di sua madre, la rabbia di sua figlia Ghili, e la venerazione immutata di Rafi, l'uomo che ancora, nonostante tutto, quando la vede perde ogni difesa.

«Tuvya Bruk fue mi abuelo. Vera es mi abuela. Rafael, Rafi, Erre, es, como se sabe, mi padre, y Nina... Nina no está aquí. No está, Nina. Pero esa fue siempre su exclusivísima aportación a la familia», anota Guili, la narradora de La vida juega conmigo, en su cuaderno. Pero con motivo de la fiesta del noventa cumpleaños de Vera, Nina regresa: ha tomado tres aviones que la han llevado desde el Ártico hasta el kibutz para encontrarse con su madre, su hija Guili y la veneración intacta de Rafi, el hombre a quien, muy a su pesar, todavía le tiemblan las piernas en su presencia.

Die Naziherrschaft zwingt Ludwig Seligmann 1934 zur Flucht nach Tel Aviv. Ludwig spricht kaum Hebräisch. Doch dank seines sonnigen Gemüts und unerschöpflicher Energie arbeitet er sich vom Orangenpflücker zum Prokuristen hoch und ermöglicht Eltern und Geschwistern das Asyl in Zion. 1940 verlieben sich Ludwig und die schöne Hannah und heiraten. Die kluge Berlinerin ist durch Verfolgung, Krieg und Missbrauch gezeichnet. Als Sohn Rafael geboren wird, scheint das Glück der beiden perfekt. Dann aber scheitert Ludwig an der rauen Gesellschaft und an sich selbst.

Rebecca’s family members were murdered during the Holocaust. Soon after she starts work at a dream job, her life changes forever when she meets a charming, wealthy widower. He becomes her lover and takes her to his exclusive club and on vacations to exotic locations. She discovers he works for a company that conducted business with the Nazi government. What decision does she make?

Tel Aviv and Seattle. A woman who does the unthinkable. Two best friends living far apart, and how that separation shapes their lives. Is the grass really greener on the other side of the fence? Which comes first, family or country? And how far should we go to secure our happiness? In Hope to See You Soon, author Revital Horowitz challenges her listeners to confront these questions, and to grapple with the meaning of friendship, family, and country - the meaning of life itself.

Milton Gold is a fringe operating "hustling lawyer", barely making it in the cutthroat chaos of 1970s New York City. His world is suddenly turned inside out when he meets the mysterious and beautiful Karla Smith, a Polish-American woman, who approaches him with an assignment that will test his skills beyond anything he has ever experienced.