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Something from nothing : adapted from a Jewish folktale / by Gilman, Phoebe,1940-2002.;
In this retelling of a traditional Jewish folktale, Joseph's baby blanket is transformed into ever smaller items as he grows until there is nothing left--but then Joseph has an idea.LSC
Subjects: Jews; Tales.;
© [2012], c1992., Scholastic Canada,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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One hundred Saturdays : Stella Levi and the search for a lost world / by Frank, Michael J.,1948-author.; Kalman, Maira,artist.;
With nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never before spoken in detail about her past. Then she met Michael Frank. He came to her Greenwich Village apartment one Saturday afternoon to ask her a question about the Juderia, the neighborhood in Rhodes where shed grown up in a Jewish community that had thrived there for half a millennium. Neither of them could know this was the first of one hundred Saturdays over the course of six years that they would spend in each others company. During these meetings Stella traveled back in time to conjure what it felt like to come of age on this luminous, legendary island in the eastern Aegean, which the Italians conquered in 1912, began governing as an official colonial possession in 1923, and continued to administer even after the Germans seized control in September 1943. The following July, the Germans rounded up all 1,700-plus residents of the Juderia and sent them first by boat and then by train to Auschwitz on what was the longest journey measured by both time and distanceof any of the deportations. Ninety percent of them were murdered upon arrival. Probing and courageous, candid and sly, Stella is a magical modern-day Scheherazade whose stories reveal what it was like to grow up in an extraordinary place in an extraordinary time and to construct a life after that place has vanished. One Hundred Saturdays is a portrait of one of the last survivors drawn at nearly the last possible moment, as well as an account of a tender and transformative friendship that develops between storyteller and listener as they explore the fundamental mystery of what it means to collect, share, and interpret the deepest truths of a life deeply lived.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Levi, Stella.; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Holocaust survivors.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
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All this could be yours / by Attenberg, Jami,author.;
"If I know why they are the way they are, then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am," says Alex Tuchman of her parents. Now that her father is on his deathbed, Alex-- a strong-headed lawyer, devoted mother, and loving sister-- feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who Victor is and what he did over the course of his life and career. (A power-hungry real estate developer, he is, by all accounts, a bad man.) She travels to New Orleans to be with her family, but mostly to interrogate her tightlipped mother, Barbra. As Barbra fends off Alex's unrelenting questions, she reflects on her tumultuous life with Victor. Meanwhile Gary, Alex's brother, is incommunicado, trying to get his movie career off the ground in Los Angeles. And Gary's wife, Twyla, is having a nervous breakdown, buying up all the lipstick in drug stores around New Orleans and bursting into crying fits. Dysfunction is at its peak. As each family member grapples with Victor's history, they must figure out a way to move forward-- with one another, for themselves, and for the sake of their children.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Dysfunctional families; Family secrets; Jewish families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Oh My Nosh!: What Shape Is Your Bagel? : A First Book of Jewish Food by The Macaroons.;
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© 2025, Random House Children's Books
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Anne Frank / by Wukovits, John F.,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Discusses the life of Anne Frank, focusing on the years she and her family spent in hiding and the impact of her story upon the world.
Subjects: Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Jews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
© 1999., Lucent,
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Black earth : the holocaust as history and warning / by Snyder, Timothy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Hitler's world -- Living space -- Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow -- The promise of Palestine -- The state destroyers -- Double occupation -- The greater evil -- Germans, Poles, Soviets, Jews -- The Auschwitz paradox -- Soverignty and survival -- The gray saviors -- Partisans of God and man -- The righteous few -- Conclusion: our world.Presents a history of the Holocaust that offers insights into Hitler's genocidal views and the partisan groups who supported Jewish targets, arguing that wrong conclusions about the Holocaust are compromising the world's future.
Subjects: Genocide.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945;
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The porcelain maker / by Freethy, Sarah,author.;
"Germany, 1929. At a festive gathering of young bohemians in Weimar, two young artists, Max, a skilled Jewish architect, and Bettina, a celebrated avant-garde painter, are drawn to each other and begin a whirlwind romance. Their respective talents transport them to the dazzling lights of Berlin, but this bright beginning is quickly dimmed by the rising threat of Nazism. Max is arrested and sent to the concentration camp at Dachau where only his talent at making exquisite porcelain figures stands between him and seemingly certain death. Desperate to save her lover, Bettina risks everything to rescue him and escape Germany. America, 1993. Clara, Bettina's daughter, embarks on a journey to trace her roots and determine the identity of her father, a secret her mother has kept from her for reasons she's never understood. Clara's quest to piece together the puzzle of her origins transports us back in time to the darkness of Nazi Germany, where life is lived on a razor's edge and deception and death lurk around every corner. Survival depends on strength, loyalty, and knowing true friend from hidden foe. And as Clara digs further, she begins to question why her mother was so determined to leave the truth of her harrowing past behind."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Epic fiction.; Novels.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish families; Jews; Man-woman relationships; Nazis;
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Indignation [videorecording] / by Gadon, Sarah,1987-actor.; Lerman, Logan,1992-actor.; Letts, Tracy,1965-actor.; Schamus, James,1959-screenwriter,film director.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Roth, Philip.Indignation.; Elevation Pictures.;
Sarah Gadon, Logan Lerman, Tracy Letts, Ben Rosenfield, Linda Emond.Based on Philip Roth's late novel, Indignation takes place in 1951, as Marcus Messner (Logan Lerman), a brilliant working class Jewish boy from Newark, New Jersey, travels on scholarship to a small, conservative college in Ohio, thus exempting him from being drafted into the Korean War. But once there, Marcus's growing infatuation with his beautiful classmate Olivia Hutton (Sarah Gadon), and his clashes with the college's imposing Dean, Hawes Caudwell (Tracy Letts), put his and his family's best laid plans to the ultimate test.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Roth, Philip.; Antisemitism; Jewish college students; Jewish men; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen fifties; Young men;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Disobedience [videorecording] / by Corduner, Allan,actor.; Guiney, Ed,film producer.; Lelio, Sebastián,1974-film director,screenwriter.; Lenkiewicz, Rebecca,screenwriter.; Lesser, Anton,actor.; McAdams, Rachel,1978-actor.; Nivola, Alessandro,actor.; Torresblanco, Frida,film producer.; Weisz, Rachel,1970-film producer,actor.; Woodeson, Nicholas,actor.; Alderman, Naomi.Disobedience.; Bleecker Street (Firm),presenter.; Braven Films (Firm),production company.; Element Pictures (Firm),production company.; FilmFour (Firm),presenter.; FilmNation Entertainment (Firm),presenter.; LC6 Productions (Firm),production company.; Métropole Films Distribution,film distributor.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Director of photography, Danny Cohen ; editor, Nathan Nugent ; music, Matthew Herbert.Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, Alessandro Nivola, Allan Corduner, Anton Lesser, Nicholas Woodeson.A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for some strong sexuality.DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Faith; Jewish families; Female friendship; Lesbianism; Orthodox Judaism;
For private home use only.
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Anne Frank : the collected works / by Frank, Anne,1929-1945,author.; Frank, Anne,1929-1945.Works.English.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Frank, Anne, 1929-1945; Jewish children in the Holocaust; Jews; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945);
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