Biography & Autobiography - Jewish
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ReflectionAs a young teenager in Oradea, Romania, Hedy Bohm leads a sheltered life, oblivious to the events of World War II and the Holocaust. When Nazi Germany occupies Hungary in 1944, Hedy still feels relatively safe, even when she and her parents are forced...
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Restrung: Fatherhood in a Different KeyWeaving the author's coming of age in 1980s New York with his life as a father today, this Nick Hornby-meets-Cheryl Strayed debut memoir examines father-son relationships, the pain of early parent loss, and the importance of embracing your passions. For nearly fifteen years, Matt...
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Returning: A Search for Home Across Three CenturiesNicholas Lemann, a veteran New Yorker correspondent, grew up in New Orleans, the son of German Jews in a world of gilded privilege. Yet in contrast to his parents' generation, which always sought to downplay their religious background, Lemann was intrigued by his roots,...
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Roots of the Guava Tree: Growing Up Jewish and Arab in ColombiaA debut contemporary memoir about a young woman struggling to understand her identity as the daughter of a Jewish mother and Christian Palestinian father, coming of age in Colombia as increasing violence and the instability of the 1980s engulf her country. Sonia Daccarett grew...
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Seven Days of Shiva: Forty-six years of puppy loveCan an ordinary life be extraordinary? It depends on the lens through which one views. In the case of Marc Gellman, that lens is Shiva Eyes, and the life is the one he describes in his powerful and unforgettable memoir. It's a heartfelt engaging...
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Shores Beyond Shores: From Holocaust to Hope - A Bergen-Belsen Survivor's True Story2025 Recipient of THE ANNE FRANK AWARD FOR HUMAN DIGNITY AND TOLERANCE, from the Dutch Government2024 Recipient of THE OFFICER'S CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany's highest civilian medalNATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST"Irene Butter's book is a...
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Si Esto Es Un Hombre / Survival in AuschwitzLo que se puede aprender sobre el ser humano y sobre la historia de Europa en el siglo XX en los tres volúmenes de la gran trilogía memorial de Primo Levi es terrible y también aleccionador, y honradamente no creo que sea posible tener...
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Stained Glass: A Reflective History of AntisemitismIn Stained Glass, Flora Cassen traces a Jewish life shaped by family and history, moving between medieval Europe and the present to connect lived experience with the longer arc of Jewish history. Drawing on her upbringing in Antwerp's Jewish community and her grandparents' escape...
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Standing on the Crack: Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle's Vibrant Gilded AgeBorn out of grief after the loss of her father, the author dives into old photos and family histories to search for answers and comfort. Bringing her ancestors to life, the author shares the stories of five immigrant Jewish families who shape Seattle's early...
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Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't EasyA revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth century's most beloved theatrical composers"[An] illuminating consideration of Sondheim's long career. Without grandstanding in a game of biographical gotcha, Okrent takes up key themes of Sondheim's life and links them persuasively...
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Stumbling BlocksStumbling Blocks, a second-generation Holocaust memoir, tells Jennifer's and Paul's stories.Paul, Jennifer's father, was born in Germany in 1928. At the age of ten, just after Kristallnacht, his parents sent him and his older sisters to Belgium. There, they lived for two years with...
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Survival in AuschwitzSurvival in Auschwitz: If This Is a Man is a book written by the Italian author, Primo Levi. It describes his arrest as a member of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during the Second World War, and his incarceration in the Auschwitz concentration camp from...
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Survival in AuschwitzSurvival in Auschwitz: If This Is a Man is a book written by the Italian author, Primo Levi. It describes his experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. Levi, then a 25-year-old chemist, spent 10 months in Auschwitz before...
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The American: The Hidden History of Daniel J. Boorstin and His Twentieth CenturyWhat does it mean to be an American? Historian Daniel J. Boorstin, one of the most important public intellectuals of the twentieth century, spent a lifetime pondering that question. In his revelatory book The American, Boorstin's son Jon, a novelist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker, probes...
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The Auschwitz Photographer: The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost SoulsThe Nazis asked him to swear allegiance to Hitler, betraying his country, his friends, and everything he believed in.He refused. Poland, 1939. Professional photographer Wilhelm Brasse is deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and finds himself in a deadly race to survive, assigned to work as the...
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The Avengers: A Jewish War StoryRiveting, poignant and uplifting, The Avengers is a powerful exploration of resistance and revenge, of courage and dedication, and an inside look at some of the intrepid individuals who fought against the Holocaust and the nazi occupation of Europe. Rich Cohen, author of the...
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The Broken VaseOn a sunny May afternoon in Silver Spring, Maryland, Yaffa Klugerman's 14-year-old son, Dov, crossed the street from his school to his home and was hit by a car. He was rushed to the hospital, where Yaffa and her husband, Tzvi, immediately learned that...
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The Butterfly And The AxeSpring 1944 A Jewish family is murdered in a remote Ukrainian village. Who were they? Who were the killers?Three generations later, an Israeli woman and a British man of Ukrainian origins set out to find out how their families were implicated in this crime....
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The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of MusicA sweeping history of three generations darkened by the long shadow of the Holocaust, The Cello Still Sings is a vivid, moving, and true story of personal discovery. As a child Janet is haunted by the eerie hush surrounding her parents' experiences. George and...
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The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American InheritanceWinner of the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General NonfictionWinner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western NonfictionFinalist for The Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeShortlisted for The William Saroyan International PrizeA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year "Sharply insightful . ....
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