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Family for a While

Bewildered, lonely and mature beyond her years, Tallie Delmark is an embattled young orphan, the product of an endless stream of foster homes, many of them cruel and uncaring. When she is separated from her brother Eitan, her only ally in a world full of strangers, Tallie is resentful and wary, convinced that happiness will […]

The Stars Will Guide You

Who says learning history has to be boring? There are now some great books of historical Jewish fiction. This novel set against the backdrop of the little-known story of Rome’s Jews during World War II and the Holocaust will surprise and uplift you. It is a story of despair and hope, a saga of transformation […]

The Jewel and The Journey

A mysterious jewel, a dangerous journey… Ephraim Edelstein is about to leave home forever. Before his family sets out on the long and perilous journey to settle in the Land of Israel, his grandfather gives him a mysterious jewel, and a strange riddle that holds its secret. The journey will take many months, with dangers […]