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NEW BOOKS FOR ADULTS
All Other Nights by Dara Horn
This epic novel deals with the moral struggles of a young Jewish man who becomes a spy for the Union during the American Civil War.
The Amos Oz Reader by Amos Oz
This book draws on Oz's entire body of work, grouped into four themes: the kibbutz, the city of Jerusalem, the idea of a "promised land," and his own life story.
Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival by Clara Kramer
This engrossing story of a young girl hiding from the Nazis is based on Clara Kramer's diary of her years surviving in an underground bunker with seventeen other people.
The Defector by Daniel Silva
This face-paced spy thriller features Israeli assassin and art restorer Gabriel Allon as he is drawn out of semi-retirement to investigate the disappearance of a Russian dissident, and crosses paths with Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB agent.
The Dream: A Memoir by Harry Bernstein
In 2007, at the age of 96, Bernstein wrote his first memoir,
The Invisible Wall. In
The Dream, he writes about his early days in England, where his mother struggled to raise her six children, and their traveling to America, where they lived with relatives in Chicago during the Depression.
The Fruit of her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz by Michelle Cameron
This meticulously researched historical fiction tells the story of a 13th century passionate, educated Jewish woman raised like a son by her widowed father.
Have a Little Faith: A True Story by Mitch Albom
Albom's first nonfiction book since the bestselling
Tuesdays with Morrie begins with an unusual request: eight-two-year-old Rabbi Albert Lewis, former rabbi of Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill, asks Albom to deliver his eulogy. This inspiring story follows an eight-year journey between two men, two faiths, and two communities.
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