The Marriage Of Opposites by Alice Hoffman- 384 pages Book Blurb: Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel's mother, a pillar of their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the Inquisition, has never...
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The Devil In Jerusalem by Naomi Ragen
The Devil In Jerusalem by Naomi Ragen- 304 pages Book Blurb: Two brothers are admitted to Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital with horrific injuries. Their mother, a young American, devoutly recites Psalms at the bedside, refusing to answer any questions. Brought in to...
Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Single Jewish Male Seeking Soul Mate by Letty Cottin Pogrebin- 296 pages Book Blurb: Zach Levy, the left-leaning son of Holocaust survivors who promises his mother that he'll marry within the tribe. But when Zach falls for Cleo, an African American activist grappling...
A Remarkable Kindness by Diane Bletter
A Remarkable Kindness by Diana Bletter- 391 pages Book Blurb: It's 2006 in a seaside village in Israel, where a war is brewing. Lauren, Emily, Aviva and Rachel, four memorable women from different backgrounds, are drawn to the village. Lauren, a maternity nurse, loves...
Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade
Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade- 416 pages Book Blurb: In 1919, four-year-old Rachel Rabinowitz is placed in the Hebrew Infant Home where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research on the children. Dr. Solomon subjects Rachel to an experimental course of X-ray...
Slave and Sister by Sabra Waldfogel
Slave And Sister by Sabra Waldfogel– 367 pages Book Blurb: Adelaide Mannheim and her slave Rachel have grown up with a shameful secret. Adelaide’s father is Rachel’s father, too. Their secret shadows their girlhood together and follows them into Adelaide’s marriage....
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult -480 pages Book Blurb: Sage Singer befriends an old man who's particularly beloved in her community. Josef Weber is everyone's favorite retired teacher and Little League coach. They strike up a friendship at the bakery where Sage works....
Henna House by Nomi Eve
Henna House by Nomi Eve– 320 pages Book Blurb: Nomi Eve’s vivid saga begins in Yemen in 1920, when Adela Damari’s parents desperately seek a future husband for their young daughter. After passage of the Orphan’s Decree, any unbetrothed Jewish child left orphaned will...
The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg
The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg– 468 pages Book Blurb: A terrible darkness has fallen upon Jacob Weisz's beloved Germany. The Nazi regime, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, has surged to power and now hold Germany by the throat. All non-Aryans --...
The Mathematician’s Shiva by Stuart Rojstaczer
The Mathematician’s Shiva – by Stuart Rojstaczer - 366 pages Book Blurb: Alexander "Sasha" Karnokovitch and his family would like to mourn the passing of his mother, Rachela, with modesty and dignity. But Rachela, a famous Polish émigré mathematician and professor at...