Jewish History

Elida Friedman was never supposed to have been born. In the Kovno Ghetto in Lithuania, Nazi law forbade Jewish women from giving birth. Yet despite the danger they faced, Dr. Jonah Friedman and his wife, Tzila, choose to bring a daughter into the world – a little girl they name Elida, meaning non-birth in Hebrew. To ensure her survival, the couple must smuggle their precious baby out of the ghetto into the arms of strangers. So begins a life of constant upheaval, with Elida changing families, countries, continents and even names, countless times.

When Sue Smethurst first sat down with her grandmother-in-law and asked how she survived the Holocaust, she was shooed away. By that time Mindla was in a Melbourne Jewish nursing home with other survivors, her body ageing but mind still razor sharp. 'Vhy do you vant to know?' she'd ask. 'My story is nothing special.' As death began approaching, Sue became a little more pushy. She knew Mindla's life had to be recorded, and they were running out of time.

A window dresser who sees the world as a creative playground. A Jewish grandmother's try as Chaucer's Wife of Bath. A look at the perils of online dating. A struggling artist examining her life. Bestselling author Meredith Allard (The Loving Husband Series, When It Rained at Hembry Castle) presents her first short story collection.

The JDC at 100: A Century of Humanitarianism traces the history of the JDC - an organization founded to aid victims of World War I that has played a significant role in preserving and sustaining Jewish life across the globe.

Jeune Juif persécuté à Paris sous l'occupation allemande, le héros de ce roman se retrouve en Israël après la Guerre des Six Jours, citoyen d'un pays devenu à son tour occupant de territoires arabes. David, que les souffrances de sa jeunesse ont profondément marqué, ne peut s'empêcher de réfléchir au destin d'un peuple condamné autrefois par sa faiblesse à endurer les humiliations et les tortures, condamné aujourd'hui par ses victoires à glisser vers le rôle de l'oppresseur, peut-être un jour du bourreau.