Titoli in Ebraismo

Against the simmering tensions of summer 1939, a group of evacuees flee Vienna for the sanctuary of Newtown House in Ireland. Haunted by their pasts and those they have left behind, Gisela Müller and Hans Schmitt struggle to settle into their new, rural Irish home. Tasked with being a companion to the precocious and spoiled Nola de Freyne, Gisela misses her previous scholarly life terribly.

When they realize the danger of remaining under the rule of the Nazi occupation, Dr. Leon Schmelzer, his wife Donya, and their baby daughter attempt to flee Romania under the cover of darkness. Joining a dozen other brave souls, they hastily board a small ship, leaving behind family, friends, and the only life they ever knew—for a slim chance at survival. But their path to freedom does not sail over smooth waters.

In the vein of Fleishman is in Trouble and Elif Batuman—an insightful, heartfelt, and hilarious debut exploring cultural diaspora through one teenager’s summer across Berlin, Jerusalem, and Chicago It’s another scorching summer in Chicago, and fifteen-year-old Margarita is spending her...

La publicación de La historia del amor, segunda novela de Nicole Krauss, supuso la confirmación del extraordinario talento de esta joven escritora norteamericana, suscitando el elogio entusiasta de críticos y escritores, entre ellos el Premio Nobel de Literatura, J.M. Coetzee.

Meeslepende roman die zich afspeelt tegen de achtergrond van de Holocaust en is gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal. De Franse Claudette (Etty) Weil is schrijver in hart en nieren, maar door de anti-Joodse wetten tijdens de Duitse bezetting ziet haar uitgever zich gedwongen alle Joodse auteurs de laan uit te sturen. Ondanks dat ze geen inkomen of een vast thuis heeft, weet Etty een tijdlang uit Duitse handen te blijven, maar ze wordt uiteindelijk toch opgepakt en naar Auschwitz gedeporteerd.

""This powerful, heart-wrenching novel follows a young Polish Jew through his incredible journey to escape the Nazis. Reuven’s story typifies that of millions of others experiencing the horrors and deprivations suffered by Jews in WWII and those who tried to help them. And yet, it is also an...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "A mesmerizing tale of love, female friendship, and heroism." —Lisa Scottoline, #1 bestselling author A Parisian department store, a mysterious necklace and a woman’s quest to unlock a decade-old mystery are at the center of this riveting novel of love...

Een hartverscheurende roman voor de lezers van De jongen in de gestreepte pyjama en De tatoeëerder van Auschwitz. Gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal. Vrijwel niemand komt levend uit de hel die Auschwitz heet. Mala, gevangene 19880, begrijpt dat op het moment dat ze de trein uit stapt. Als tolk voor de ss heeft ze een iets hogere status dan de andere gevangen, een positie die ze gebruikt om zo veel mogelijk levens te redden. Edward, gevangene 531, is een kampveteraan en een politiek gevangene. Hij zit in het ondergrondse verzet. En hij heeft een ontsnappingsplan.

Einer zieht aus, das Trösten zu lernen. Und verwandelt sich dabei in einen, der die Menschheit das Fürchten lehrt und dessen Ähnlichkeit mit "du-weißt-schon-wem" sich nicht leugnen lässt. Eine groteske Farce und ein Angriff auf so ziemlich alle wohlbehüteten Tabus.

Set during World War II, an unforgettable historical novel about love, war, family, and loyalty told in in the voices of two women, generations apart, who find themselves connected by a mysterious and valuable bottle of wine stolen by the Nazis. 1942. Seven-year-old Martine hides in an armoire...

“A laugh-out-loud funny romance with depth and heart, readers will love this spellbinding novel!” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Is he the real deal…or did she truly summon a golem? Faye Kaplan used to be engaged. She also used to have a successful legal practice...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LENA DUNHAM AND STEPHEN FRY. A ""haunting, riotously funny, and deeply touching"" (Publishers Weekly) novel about a woman and her father's journey to Poland to revisit her family history This book was previously published under the title Too Many Men...

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! In this darkly funny and surprisingly sweet novel, a woman creates a golem in a desperate attempt to pretend her life is a rom-com rather than a disaster. Nothing’s going well for Eve: she’s single, turning forty, stressed at work and anxious about a recent...

WINNER OF A NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD A USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A gifted writer, astonishingly adept at nuance, narration, and the politics of passion."—Toni Morrison Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of...

Amós Oz é o mais importante escritor israelense da atualidade. Candidato constante ao prêmio Nobel, fez de sua obra uma reflexão profunda sobre o destino do povo judeu. Quais cicatrizes a história turbulenta do país deixou sobre seus habitantes? Que marcas imprime no indivíduo uma vida atravessada pela guerra? Há solução possível para um conflito que remonta a tempos imemoriais?

From the New York Times bestselling author Jami Attenberg comes a dazzling novel of family, following a troubled mother and her two daughters over forty years through a swiftly changing American landscape as they seek lives they can fully claim as their own. The women of the Cohen family are in...

Chani hat es geschafft. Sie hat den Mann geheiratet, den sie sich ausgesucht hat – nicht selbstverständlich, wenn man in einer jüdisch-orthodoxen Gemeinde lebt. Und was nun? 'Seid fruchtbar und mehret euch', natürlich, aber genau das funktioniert eben nicht. Chani ist verzweifelt, denn ihr Mann Baruch kann sie verstoßen, wenn sie ihm keine Nachkommen schenkt. Und wer wäre sie dann noch unter ihresgleichen? Zwischen Rabbi, Fruchtbarkeitsklinik und ihrer Schwiegermutter muss Chani 'HaSchem' ein Schnippchen schlagen.

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.

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

From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it asks what are you willing to die for? For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris and Alli Parker. During a train...