The Holocaust is probably too big a topic for a single book and there are thousands of titles to choose from. Here are our top picks to for anyone trying to wrap their head around this almost incomprehensible topic. Are these books suitable for children? It depends on the child. We recommend that parents and […]
Founded in 1794 as a frontier city on the Black Sea, Odessa soon grew to be one of Russia’s busiest seaports. Settlers of all nationalities went there to seek their fortune, among them Jews who came to form one of the largest, wealthiest, and most culturally fertile Jewish communities in Europe. This history of Jewish […]
The Life and Torah Consciousness of Jews in the Shtetlach, Towns, and Cities of Poland. When we refer to the Holocaust, we traditionally refer to the six million souls who perished. But there is another dimension that must be considered-the destruction of Jewish life and culture of pre-war Europe. By learning “what was” we can […]
A Study of the Life and Torah Conciousness of Jews in the Towns and Villages of Lithuania and Northeastern Poland When we refer to the Holocaust, we traditionally refer to the six million souls who perished. But there is another dimension that must be considered-the destruction of Jewish life and culture of pre-war Europe. By […]
During World War II, many children were transported to different countries. This is a story of several Jewish children who were taken from their country, from their parents, and their daily routines to a foreign country where they struggle to rebuild there lives and observe Judaism. This book illustrates the human strength even at a […]
Nobel Laureate Isaac Singer shares his memories as a boy growing up in Warsaw, Poland prior to World War II. The author describes his childhood as part of Warsaw’s Hasidic Jewish community in the early years of the twentieth century, through the First World War and into the 1930s before the German-led genocide (the Holocaust) […]
Some people seem born to lead more interesting lives than others. Meyer Birnbaum is one of them. Relive with him the crunching poverty of Brooklyn during the Depression. Experience his spiritual awakening in Young Israel. Meet R’ Elchonon Wassserman, R’ Yitzchak Hutner, and Mike Tress through the eyes of an American teenager. Encounter the anti-Semitism […]
To everyone, Elemelech Gavriel (Michael G.) Tress was Mike, from great rabbis and high government officials to the youngsters on the streets and the survivors he rescued from certain death. What made this man so outstanding, so winning, so idolized? He was as charismatic and effective a leader as the fledgling American Orthodoxy possessed, before […]
Nan is only ten years old when the winds of war begin to sweep through her native Berlin. Orphaned at a young age, little Nan is sent by her gentile father to Zurich, Switzerland, where her stern grandmother cares for her under duress, insisting that Nan forget her deceased mother and the threads that inexplicably […]
Salonika (Thessaloniki) had an amazing Jewish community for 2,300 years, until Germany invaded and murdered nearly every Jewish resident. Forced to leave a heartbroken family behind, Daniel faces a destiny he could never have imagined. Meet Gavriel Florentin. Daniel and Gavriel eventually meet and forge a unique friendship, that will ultimately change both of their lives […]
