ALEXANDER, V. S.

The War Girls: A Ww2 Novel of Sisterhood and Survival

Kensington, 2022. Paperback. ISBN: 1496734793. Illustrated by Stephen Mulcahey, Cover Photo. 438 pages. Clean text, good binding. A story of The War Girls, a trio of three girls, Jewish sisters Hanna and Stefa and Janka, their friend, committed to WWII resistance movement ; ;. VG .

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Book number: 28606

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 1496734793 World War Ii -- 1939-1945 Historical Fiction Warsaw Ghetto -- Fiction Jewish Resistance

VAN ALKEMADE, KIM

Orphan #8 - a Novel

William Morrow, 2015. Paperback. ISBN: 9780062338303. Clean, very good spine. 376 pages. Back pages have True Stories That Inspired this book and a Reading Group Guide. In 1919, a young Jewish girl was subjected to medical research abuse in a Jewish orphanage by a female doctor; years later, the tables turn; ;. VG .

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Book number: 28610

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 9780062338303 Orphans and Orphanages Medical Experiments on Children Jewish Orphans -- Fiction Historical Fiction

APPELFELD, AHARON

The Healer

Grove Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802112234. 220 pages. Clean, very good binding, former owner's name crossed out, DJ flap creased. A pre-WWII secular Jewish family travels to the Carpathian Mountains seeking a cure for the daughter from a famous healer. The disease of anti-semitism is central to this story. Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 28386

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 0802112234 Anti-Semitism -- Fiction Carpathian Mountains Mental Health -- Fiction Jewish Fiction Henrietta -- Character in a Story

AUSUBEL, NATHAN

A Treasury of Jewish Humour

Doubleday, 1951. Hardcover. 735 pages. Clean, good binding. An anthology including short stories, poems, witty sayings, from many sources from modern and ancient Jewry. Red cloth decorative cover, gilt lettering on the spine. DJ has a tear at the spine, small edge tears, creases. ;. Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27614

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: Jewish Wit and Humor Sholem Asch Franz Werfel S.J. Perelman Ferenc Molnar Sholom Aleichem

BAR-YOSSEF, YEHOSHUA

Ha-Dag Veha-Yonah the Fish and the Pigeon

Ma'ariv, 1989. Hardcover. Hebrew text. 234 pages. Clean text, stains on two edges, spine lean. Good .

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Book number: 18629

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: Hebrew Literature the Fish and the Dove Safed Israel Ha-Dag Veha Yonah Hebrew Fiction Hebrew Language

BENDT, MAYER

Our Man in Russia

Bash Publications, 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0932351018. 22 chapters. The drama of the Grudner family and others, some who did not know the War had ended, dealing with the Soviet secret police and the practice of the Jewish religion in private. The book details life in Socialist Russia, etc while learning about the Jewish homeland of Israel from outsiders, and their family's attempt at escape. Good reading copy. Pages have brown age spots, some stains, binding is intact, spine lean, cloth cover has tears. 285 pages. Translated and adapted by Jacob Ben-Zweig.. Fair/NONE .

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Book number: 28463

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 0932351018 Jewish Fiction Our Man in Russia Mayer Bendt Socialist Russia Jewish Life in Russia Alexander Kubolsky

BENJAMIN, RUTH

Yesterday's Child

CIS Publishers, 1992. Softcover. ISBN: 156062177X. 236 pages. Clean text, good binding, light creases. After his mother's death, a young Jewish boy is forced to move to South Africa with his father and stepfamily. The drama ensues when he reaches adulthood when his future is suddenly shattered by startling revelations about his past;. G .

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Book number: 28233

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 156062177x Fiction -- Jewish Orphans -- Fiction Judaism Yesterday's Child

BLOCKER, JOEL (EDITOR) ; ROBERT ALTER, INTRODUCTION

Israeli Stories: A Selection of the Best Writing in Israel Today

Schocken Books, 1975. Sixth Printing. Softcover. Clean text, good binding, 256 stories, mark on the bottom edge. Includes stories by Agnon, Hazaz, Megged, Kaniuk, Tammuz, Yizhar, Shamir, and Amichai. Good .

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Book number: 20726

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: Literature Israel Jewish Jewish Fiction Haim Hazaz Aharon Megged Yoram Kaniuk Benjamin Tammuz Battle for the Hill the Sermon a Roll of Canvas

BROOKS, GERALDINE

People of the Book

The Viking Press, 2008. Hardcover. ISBN: 067001821X. 372 pages. Very good binding, clean. DJ scratches, mild board bumping. An Australian rare-book expert work on analyizing and conserving the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. Intimate emotions, history and intellectual adventure;. VG/VG .

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Book number: 28682

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 067001821x Judaism -- Prayers and Devotions -- Fiction Manuscripts -- Fiction Derbyshire, England Abolitionists

CLEEVE, ROGER

Daughters of Jerusalem

Adler & Adler, 1986. Hardcover. ISBN: 0917561023. 304 pages. Clean text, good binding. In this ficticious novel, four women, Arab and Jewish and their lives around Moslem terrorists, family and politics in the Jewish state of Israel; Ex-Library;. G/G .

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Book number: 21280

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 0917561023 Fiction Jewish Jewish Arab Relations Middle East Politics Governm Arab Terrorism Six-Day War Israel West Bank West Bank Israel

ELIOT, GEORGE

Daniel Deronda

Tel Aviv: Shlomo Srebrek, 1964. Hardcover. Hebrew text. 166 pages. Clean text. Title page states this is Helek Alef. Rubbing on the outer edges. Hebrew text - no English. DJ has creases, edge tears. The dramatic story of Daniel Deronda, a young Jewish man whose heritage was hidden from him as a child. Kabbalistic teachings, Zionism, gambling and personal dramas are set forth. G/Fair .

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Book number: 22445

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: Jewish Men -- England -- Fiction England -- 19th Century -- Fiction Israel Zionism Fiction Gwendolen Harleth Serial Killers Ted Bundy Daniel Deronda Jewish Fiction Judaism Hebrew Language

GOLDEN, HARRY

The Golden Book of Jewish Humor

Putnam Pub Group, 1972. Hardcover. ISBN: 039910349X. 252 pages. Clean text, label over former owner's name. Clean text. DJ has heavy tears, creases. Includes jokes and stories. Sample: "A doctor was called to the home of a very pious Orthodox Jew who lay gravely ill. "I'll have to examine his throat", said the doctor to the man's wife. "Bring me a spoon." The woman, as Orthodox as her husband, faltered, and then asked haltingly, "Milchick or flayshik" (milk or meat? ) ;. Good in Poor dust jacket .

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Book number: 22708

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 039910349x Jewish Wit and Humor Jewish Fiction Harry Golden Golden Book of Jewish Humor

GROSSMAN, DAVID

Yesh Yeled Zigzag (the Zigzag Child)

Israel: Kibbutz Hameuchad. Softcover. Hebrew text, no English. 300 pages, text is clean, cover has scratches, creases, good binding. Adventures and mis-adventures of a 13 year old mixedup Israeli teenager who is on a self-discovery whirlwind; his mother died when he was young; raised by his senior police officer father - getting mixed up in the wrong crowd, he finds himself trying to figure out who he is and where he belongs in life. Good .

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Book number: 26758

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: Israeli Fiction Yesh Yeled Zigzag the Zigzag Child Teenagers -- Fiction Hebrew Literature David Grossman Book in Hebrew Hebrew Language

HARMEL, KRISTIN

The Book of Lost Names

Gallery Books, 2020. Paperback. ISBN: 198213190X. 388pages plus Reading Group Guide plus a preview of : "The Forest of Vanishing Stars". Based on a true story, Jewish children during WWII are saved from the Nazis by a brave woman whose talent of forging papers helps the children flee to Switzerland; ;. VG .

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Book number: 28611

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 198213190x World War Ii -- 1939-1945 Historical Fiction Forgeries Jewish Children Escaping Nazis

JENOFF, PAM

2 Books: Code Name Sapphire and the Ambassador's Daughter

Park Row, 2023. Paperback. ISBN: 0778387097. Two books: The Ambassador's Daughter, pub date 2013 and Code Name Saphire, pub date 2023. Summary: Ambassador's - WWI era book set in Paris drama about a German ambassador's daughter. Summary: Sapphire - WWII woman working with the Sapphire Line, a secret resistance network, bravely works to save her relatives from Auschwitz concentration camp ; ;. VG .

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Book number: 28612

Catalogue: Jewish Fiction

Keywords: 0778387097 World War Ii -- 1939-1945 Fiction Resistance Movement -- Wwii Auschwitz (Concentration Camp) Jewish Women During Wwii -- Fiction Code Name Sapphire Ambassador's Daughter