Jewish Fiction category: 695 books

Cover of Pavel and the Tree Army
by Heidi Smith Hyde
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019

Pavel is a new American, excited about his new country. When his rabbi tells him that the Civilian Conservation Corps is hiring young people, Pavel is thrilled. As a member of the Corps, he learns to plant trees, build dams, and take care of the land. But not everyone in the Corps thinks Pavel belongs...
Cover of Don't Sneeze at the Wedding
by Pamela Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014

Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! Anna is excited to be the flower girl at her aunt’s wedding, but that morning she wakes up and ... achoo! “Don’t sneeze at the wedding!” everyone warns her, but will their remedies work?
Cover of Whale of a Tale
by Eric A. Kimmel
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2019

Scarlett and Sam are back again in a twist on the biblical adventure tale of Jonah and the whale. When the twins take Grandma Mina's special carpet to be cleaned and repaired, they encounter a strange person who steps on the rug and disappears! Scarlett and Sam follow him back through time to ancient...
Cover of Boker Tov!

Boker Tov!

Good Morning!

by Joe Black
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014

This colorful picture book shows toddlers the meaning of Boker Tov - which is "good morning" in Hebrew. Welcoming a bright new day, the lyrical text and delightful illustrations highlight the many things to be thankful for each day. Written by internationally renowned rabbi and musician Joe Black,...
Cover of Das Komplott zu Lima
by Roberto Schopflocher
Language: German
Release Date: August 31, 2015

Der neueste Roman des heute 92-jährigen deutsch-argentinischen Autors Roberto Schopflocher erzählt die faszinierende Lebensgeschichte der Elvira Acostas und die dramatische Geschichte der Judenverfolgung im Südamerika des 17. Jahrhunderts. Auf der Flucht vor den in Brasilien eingetroffenen Inquisitoren...
Cover of Das Blut von Magenza
by Claudia Platz
Language: German
Release Date: January 8, 2013

Im 11. Jahrhundert n. Chr. umfängt dunkelstes Mittelalter die jüdischen Gemeinden in Mainz, Worms und Speyer. Papst Urban II. ruft zum ersten Kreuzzug auf und verspricht denen, die sich ihm anschließen, die Vergebung all ihrer Sünden. In Mainz unterdessen leben Juden und Christen friedlich Tür...
Cover of Die Stadt ohne Juden

Die Stadt ohne Juden

Ein Roman von übermorgen

by Hugo Bettauer
Language: German
Release Date: January 8, 2014

'Der letzte Jahrestag wurde für Wien zu einem Festtag, wie ihn die lustige und leichtsinnige Stadt noch nie erlebt hatte ...' In seinem 1922 erschienenen visionären Roman zeichnet der bekannte Wiener Autor und Journalist Hans Bettauer ein erschreckend visionäres Szenario um die Ausweisung der Juden...
Cover of Il segreto di Micol
by Fabrizio Negroni
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 7, 2015

Micol riceve dal suo migliore amico una piccola spilla a forma di farfalla. Questo oggetto dall’aspetto innocuo custodisce un segreto lungo settanta anni che travolgerà la sua vita. Un segreto che affonda le sue radici nella II Guerra Mondiale e nell’orrore della Shoah e che suo nonno, ex comandante partigiano ormai malato non potrà più rivelarle.
Cover of Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Band 3
by Prof. Dr. Gottfried Willems
Language: German
Release Date: December 6, 2013

Der dritte Band der deutschen Literaturgeschichte lädt dazu ein, sich in die Welt der Goethezeit einzulesen und ihre Klassiker kennenzulernen. Das Spektrum der behandelten Autoren reicht dabei von Klopstock, Karl Philipp Moritz und Hölderlin über Schiller und Jean Paul bis hin zu Heinrich von Kleist...
Cover of Die Pension
by Piotr Paziński
Language: German
Release Date: December 4, 2015

Ein junger Mann besucht den Ort, an dem er als Kind mit seiner Großmutter und anderen jüdischen Familien seine Sommerferien verbracht hat. Der Ausflug gerät zu einer Reise in die Vergangenheit. "Die Pension" ist ein unaufdringliches Plädoyer für das Bewahren der Erinnerung an die Lebenswelt der...
Cover of Königreich der Dämmerung
by Steven Uhly
Language: German
Release Date: August 25, 2014

Dunkle, regenreiche Nacht im Herbst 1944: Der Laut eines Schusses jagt durch die Gassen einer kleinen Stadt in Polen, abgefeuert von einer Jüdin auf einen SS-Sturmbannführer, 37 Jahre alt. Tags darauf werden 37 Menschen öffentlich hingerichtet. Willkür und Widerstand sind gleichermaßen Teil der...
Cover of The Modern Jewish Canon

The Modern Jewish Canon

A Journey Through Language and Culture

by Ruth R. Wisse
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2001

What makes a great Jewish book? What makes a book "Jewish" in the first place? Ruth R. Wisse, one of the leading scholars in the field of Jewish literature, sets out to answer these questions in The Modern Jewish Canon. Wisse takes us on an exhilarating journey through language and culture, penetrating...
Cover of Jewish Women Writers in Britain
by Nadia Valman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014

Against a background of enormous cultural change during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, writing by British Jewish women grappled with shifting meanings of Jewish identity, the pressure of social norms, and questions of assimilation. Until recently, however, the distinctive experiences and perspectives...
Cover of The New Diaspora

The New Diaspora

The Changing Landscape of American Jewish Fiction

by Victoria Aarons
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015

The Edward Lewis Wallant Award was founded by the family of Dr. Irving and Fran Waltman in 1963 and is supported by the University of Hartford’s Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies. It is given annually to an American writer, preferably early in his or her career, whose fiction is considered...
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