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1938. Dr. Ho Fengshan, consul general of China, is posted in Vienna with his American wife, Grace. Shy and ill at ease with the societal obligations of diplomats’ wives, Grace is an outsider in a city beginning to feel the sweep of the Nazi dragnet. When Grace forms a friendship with her Jewish tutor, Lola Schnitzler, Dr. Ho requests that Grace keep her distance. His instructions are to maintain amicable relations with the Third Reich, and he and Grace are already under their vigilant eye.

“An old-fashioned book, free of cynicism, encroaching technology and intricate plotting, but imbued with a heartfelt and optimistic view of humanity—in other words, a book filled with feeling and moral values.”—New York Times Book Review From the internationally acclaimed, award-winning...

Una grande saga famigliare dagli anni Venti ai nostri giorni. Un padre una madre e due figlie che si troveranno a impersonare due diversi destini, quello dell'impegno politico antifascista l'una, quello della docilità e della sconfitta l'altra. E una miriade di altri personaggi a comporre il vasto tessuto: un'attrice protetta dal Regime e che diventerà delatrice, una sarta fascista, una sprovveduta servetta di campagna, un genero di un'altra classe sociale, zii, cugini...

Dawoud is on the run from his murky past, aiming to discover where he belongs. He tries to assimilate into different groups along his journey through North Africa and Israel, changing his clothes, his religious affiliations, and even his name to fit in, but the safety and peace he seeks remain elusive. It seems prejudice is everywhere, holding him back, when all he really wants is to create a simple life he can call his own. A chameleon, Dawoud—or David, Adal, or Dawit, depending on where and when you meet him—is not lost in this whirl of identities. In fact, he is defined by it.

Serach and Paloma—renegade daughters of two tightly insular cultures—have renounced family relationships, cherished traditions, and communal ties for the sake of their forbidden bond. They are comfortably ensconced in their loving partnership when an unexpected death, a seductive offer, and a crime bring their pasts roaring back into their lives, with devastating results. Acts of Atonement is the ongoing story of the battle between roots and desires.

Based on actual events, a gripping novel of sex, love, history and justice in the tinderbox of British Mandatory Palestine, by the acclaimed author of A Palestine Affair "The story of what is arguably Israel’s foundational murder trial—a tale of multiple identities and loyalties." —Joshua...

Based on the true stories of the ghetto, life in Warsaw during the Occupation, and the women who served the Allies as agents and spies... Two Jewish sisters one in London, the other in Warsaw, see their worlds fall apart as Hitler invades Poland. Hanna narrowly escapes The Blitz, while her...

LONGLISTED: WOMENS' PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 Moving away from their lovely apartment in Munich isn’t nearly as wrenching an experience for Frau Greta Hahn as she had feared. Their new home is even lovelier than the one they left behind and life in Buchenwald would appear to be idyllic. Lying...

Brought to you by Penguin. September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. The war's outcome is far from certain. An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis. His home is Vatican City, the world's smallest...

Usando las palabras como anclas para no caer en la locura, David Grossman, Man Booker International Prize 2017, ha querido cerrar una historia que empezó con La vida entera y nos lleva a lugares donde solo el genio de un gran escritor puede llegar.

Nei giorni dell’occupazione nazista una famiglia di ebrei romani in fuga trova rifugio in una canonica di campagna. Giacomo, il padre, è però costretto per lavoro a fare delle rapide sortite nella capitale, finché una sera non torna a casa. Elsa, con le due ragazze adolescenti, Milena e Dora, una volta tornata alla libertà dovrà farcela con le sue forze. Come è avvenuto l’arresto di suo marito? Chi ha parlato? Elsa non vuole che le figlie sappiano e che restino incatenate al passato e alla tragedia. Vuole che guardino avanti, al futuro.

After his rabbi declares young Danny Epstein is now a man in the eyes of God, Danny witnesses a sight so gruesome he turns against a God that would allow such a thing to happen. Now grown and a firefighter in Buffalo, NY, Danny is adept at putting out house fires, but can he put out the internal fires that have plagued him ever since his bar mitzvah? It takes more than water to extinguish some flames.

Dies ist ein Epos von alttestamentarischer Wucht, das uns von Seite zu Seite mehr gefangen nimmt. Kenntnisreich führt Franz Werfel in das 5. vorchristliche Jahrhundert und gibt tiefe Einblicke in die so verschiedenen Kulturen Ägyptens, Babylons und Jehudas. Hautnah erleben wir die Kämpfe Mardukh Nebukadnezars gegen Jerusalem und die Zerstörung des Tempels. Inmitten dramatischer Auseinandersetzungen ringt ein Mann mit seinem Gott um die Seele und das Schicksal seines Volkes: Jeremias.

Lady Marblehead is not pleased. In fact, she’s furious. Not only is someone trying to poison her, but the impertinent scoundrel is after her jewels, too. All the clues seem to point to her new doctor, a young Jewish man recently arrived in London. But is he really the one responsible? Or is there some darker, more malevolent force at work? In this first book in the Jewish Regency Mystery Series, it’s up to wealthy-widower-turned-sleuth Mr. Ezra Melamed to find the culprit—before the poisoner strikes again.

Brzeziny, Poland, 1939. Zofia's comfortable lifestyle overturns when her husband, Jabez, who monitors Nazi activity, has gone missing. Rather than fleeing the country with her young son, as she had promised Jabez who is fearing retaliation, she decides to stay. She cannot possibly leave her friend, Aanya. Since their childhood they have amazed fellow Brzeziners that it does not matter that Aanya is Jewish and deaf, and that Zofia is Catholic and hearing. Now, more than ever with war looming, Zofia will do whatever is necessary to protect her family and Aanya.

Cuando durante la caída del imperio romano, los bárbaros se hicieron con la menorá, candelabro de siete brazos del templo de Salomón, va a contagiarse el desánimo entre la comunidad judía. Tiene que recuperarse su símbolo nacional y religioso a cualquier precio. Y es la historia de la persona que va intentar recuperar ese objeto sagrado, la que constituye el meollo de la historia narrada como siempre con la meticulosidad a que nos tienen acostumbrados el señor Zweig.

I foråret 1943 sidder den unge franske filosof Simone Weil på et kontor i London og arbejder på en rapport for De Gaulles franske eksilregering. Sammen med sine forældre er hun året forinden flygtet til New York på grund af nazisternes jødeforfølgelser, men der kunne hun umuligt blive. Hun er – mener hun selv – nødt til at tage del i al den lidelse som Anden Verdenskrig afstedkommer i Europa. Hun vil fysisk ind i kampen mod nazismen.

Henry Silberbaum ist kein Rabbi, wie er im Buche steht. Er liebt Kriminalromane, Polohemden, seine Espressomaschine und sein Rennrad. Aber auch seine Schüler und die Bewohner des Jüdischen Seniorenstifts in Frankfurt liegen ihm am Herzen. Als eine alte Dame überraschend stirbt, ist sich der Rabbi sicher: Das war Mord. Doch keiner glaubt ihm. Kann er den brummigen Kommissar Berking davon überzeugen, der ihn kürzlich verhaftet hat? Henry riskiert seinen Job, um die Wahrheit zu finden. Und plötzlich befinden sich der Rabbi und der Kommissar mitten in einem lebensgefährlichen Mordkomplott.

En los años treinta, en plena crisis económica, un niño judío crece en Nueva York. A la vez que se enfrenta al entorno cerrado del gueto y a las peculiaridades de su familia, realiza su propio descubrimiento de un mundo demasiado hostil.

The Levi family is in their darkest hour. The sudden death of Nir, the middle child, launches a dark journey filled with moments of light and hope. At the Jewish weeklong mourning period—the shiva—a mysterious stranger arrives and sets into motion a series of events that are both tangible and otherworldly. It is a journey to discover the bonds that have both broken and healed this family. It is up to the listener to decide what power the Resurrector has, but one thing is certain—it is important to heal relationships with loved ones before it is too late.