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Ropshitz, Poland, was once known as the City of Laughter. As this story opens, an 18th century badchan, a holy jester whose job is to make wedding guests laugh, receives a visitation from a mysterious strangerbringing the laughter the people of Ropshitz desperately need and triggering a sequence...

A partir da história de amor entre um estudante e uma mulher misteriosa, Amós Oz questiona a fundação do estado de Israel e as guerras que abalam o Oriente Médio. Amós Oz é o mais importante escritor israelense da atualidade. Candidato constante ao prêmio Nobel, fez de sua obra uma...

Удивительная и трогательная история жизни Лейба Гройсмана, авантюриста и заботливого патриарха семейства, гения предпринимательства и просто маленького человека на фоне больших событий XX века. Да, Лейб Гройсман — не самый приметный и далеко не идеальный человек. Но он-таки умел жить, добиваться успеха и всегда заботился о своей семье. Лейб Гройсман двигался вперед, несмотря на все испытания и невзгоды, что подкидывала ему жизнь. И что бы он ни делал, основной движущей силой этого великого комбинатора всегда была любовь — к родителям, жене, детям, племянникам и внукам.

The Secret That Is Not a Secret: Ten Heretical Tales invites you into a hidden world of faith, desire, transgression, and revelation. The inhabitants of its interlocking stories are pious and rebellious, mystical and queer, from a Hasidic woman tormented by her husband’s long beard to a closeted gay man repenting of his sins in the mikva. The first book of fiction by Rabbi Dr. Jay Michaelson, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, The Secret That Is Not a Secret is a remarkable work of mystical fiction.

Solange die Liebe uns gehörte. Küstrin, 1941: Schon als Kinder waren Henriette und Hans unzertrennlich, dann werden sie ein Paar - es ist die große Liebe. Doch sie muss geheim bleiben, denn Henriette ist Jüdin. Als die politische Lage sich zuspitzt, entschließt sich ihre Familie zur Flucht. Doch nur Henriette erhält ein Visum. Knapp 80 Jahre später kehrt Henriette zurück. Noch einmal möchte sie ihre alte Heimat sehen. Aber vor allem will sie eines: endlich Hans wiederfinden.

An inspiring story of star-crossed love and female independence. London, 1936: At twenty-one, Kate Grifferty is a press photographer in a Fleet Street agency, an unusual job for a young woman. But Kate is both talented and daring, recklessly going wherever the story might be—including, one...

The year is 66 A.D. Nero rules the world as Caesar. Judea is a client state of Rome. The taxes are doubled and the Judeans refuse to pay. The Romans decide to raid the Judean's holy Temple treasury. The Judeans insult and mock the Romans for their avarice; the Romans respond by murdering thousands of Judeans.

En el verano de 1938, tres niños procedentes de diferentes regiones de Europa comparten juegos y amistad durante sus vacaciones. Sin embargo, saben que una amenazadora tormenta se cierne sobre ellos y sus familias. Deciden entonces hacer una promesa indeleble: serán amigos para siempre, no importa lo que pase. Los años siguientes estarán marcados por acontecimientos increíbles, hechos de inmensa crueldad que jalonan una de las épocas más trágicas en la historia de la humanidad.

Tori Matheny comes from a family of strong women who are all close and happily single. She plans to live the same way—an occasional fling, but never settling down. What’s the need? She is, however, curious about her birth family despite her adoptive mom and aunts strongly discouraging her search. Tori’s always known she was adopted and has never been able to shake her lifelong curiosity. When she runs into a childhood friend with plenty of time on his hands, he seems like the ideal candidate to help with her search.

Der bewegende Auftakt zu einer fesselnden Familiensaga um die Freiheit zu träumen, den Mut zu handeln und die Kraft zu lieben. Eine starke Frau in einer Welt voller Konventionen. Ein Traum, den sie niemals aufgibt. Berlin 1904: Gegen den Widerstand ihrer Eltern verbringt die Jüdin Hannah viel Zeit in der Arztpraxis ihres Großvaters. Heimlich träumt sie davon, Medizin zu studieren. In Tübingen soll das auch für Frauen möglich sein. Doch das schickt sich nicht für ein Mädchen aus gutem Hause – anders als eine Hochzeit.

Poland, January 1945. Two women and four men escape from a Nazi death march after enduring the horrors of imprisonment at Auschwitz. Despite their individual backgrounds and nationalities, they form their own family caught between the euphoria of freedom and the terror of their circumstances. This is a tale of exploding joy within a hothouse of fear, of human beings erupting into life after breaking free of death’s embrace–an unusual and moving tale that cements Albert Maltz’s reputation as a compassionate observer of character and one of the finest storytellers of his generation.

Pronunciar el nombre de alguien lo mantiene vivo, le permite dar valor a su historia. Todos aquellos que tuvieron que huir de Europa del Este durante la primera mitad del siglo XX tienen una historia que merece ser contada. La vida se volvió imposible y aunque salir implicaba dejarlo todo: casa, bienes, ancestros, comidas, sabores, olores, canciones de cuna, idioma…todo, la opción era morir.

Berlin, 1938. Samuel Weiss and Max von Hofmannsthal were best friends until the cruel antisemitism of Nazi Germany seeped into Berlin and tore their friendship apart. As Max rises in the ranks of the Nazi SS, Sam and his Jewish family find themselves simply struggling to survive.

Life is never quite what it seems, even without the lost family heritage delivered to Judith and Belinda. Judith wants an ordinary life... mostly. If Belinda weren’t Judith’s sister, and if it wasn’t for bushfires and bigots, Belinda’s life would be perfectly ordinary. Judith will tell you so; you don’t even have to ask.

In the foment of Weimar-era Berlin, the Oppermann brothers represent tradition and stability. One brother oversees the furniture chain founded by their grandfather, one is an eminent surgeon, and one a respected critic. They are rich, cultured, liberal, and public-spirited, proud inheritors of the German Enlightenment. They don't see Hitler as a threat. Then, to their horror, the Nazis come to power, and the Oppermanns and their children are faced with the terrible decision of whether to adapt—if they can—flee or try to fight.

Just before WWI, Golda comes to America yearning for independence, but she tosses aside her dreams of freedom and marries her widowed brother-in-law after her sister dies giving birth to their son, Morty. In the crowded streets of Brooklyn where Jewish and Italian gangs demand protection money from local storekeepers and entice youngsters with the promise of wealth, Golda, Ben, and Morty thrive as a family.

Tři roky a osm měsíců žije devítiletý Felix Salinger v odlehlém katolickém sirotčinci v horách, ačkoli není katolického vyznání. Jeho rodiče nejsou mrtví. Přivedli ho k matce Mince, představené jeptišek, aby se měl dobře. A určitě si pro něj brzy přijdou, jak Felix věří, jen co vyřeší potíže, které mají se svým knihkupectvím. Protože židovští knihkupci to mají v Polsku roku 1942 těžké. Jak moc těžké, to Felix pochopí, až když se v sirotčinci objeví muži s podivnými páskami na rukávech a začnou vyhazovat a pálit židovské knihy z místní knihovny.

Salomón, un viudo de mediana edad, decide salir a la aventura de encontrar pareja sentimental. Y no sentirse solo.

Two worlds bound by a pomegranate gate. Toba Peres can speak but she can’t shout; she can walk but she can’t run; and she can write in five languages… with both hands at the same time. Naftaly Cresques dreams every night of an orange-eyed stranger; when awake, he sees things that aren’t...

One surprise inheritance, two best friends (now bitter exes), and three months to prove he loves her, forever and always, in this swoony second-chance romance for fans of Alexandria Bellefleur and Ashley Herring Blake. Hannah Rosenstein should be happy: after a lonely childhood of traipsing all...