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Prague winter: a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948
By Madeleine Albright, Madeleine Korbel Albright. 2012
Former U.S. secretary of state chronicles the history of Czechoslovakia, where she was born in 1937 into the family of…
a Jewish diplomat who later converted to Catholicism. Relates her family's flight from Nazism and communism and traces the fate of her Jewish relatives. Companion to Madam Secretary (DB 57048). Violence. Bestseller. 2012The faith club: a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew-- three women search for understanding
By Priscilla Warner, Suzanne Oliver, Ranya Idliby. 2007
After the 9/11 attacks three American women--one Jewish, one Christian, and one Muslim--decided to collaborate on an interfaith children's book…
to show the similarities among their religions. They discovered that their own misunderstandings had to be addressed first, leading to candid dialogue as their faith club sought common ground. 2006Unorthodox: the scandalous rejection of my Hasidic roots
By Deborah Feldman. 2012
Author, born in the 1980s, describes being raised by her Hasidic grandparents in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood after her mother left…
her developmentally disabled father. Discusses being an outcast and her arranged marriage, limited access to reading material, and lack of educational or employment opportunities. Bestseller. 2012The hare with amber eyes: a hidden inheritance
By Edmund De Waal, Edmund De Waal. 2011
British ceramic artist relates tracing his family's history through the ownership of a collection of netsuke, ornamental Japanese carvings, which…
he inherited in 1994. Describes the wealthy Ephrussi clan's lives in Vienna and Paris and their origins as Jewish merchants from Odessa, Russia. 2010Origins: how the nine months before birth shape the rest of our lives
By Annie Murphy Paul. 2010
Science writer explores the field of fetal origins. Includes Paul's interviews with scientists, anecdotes from her own pregnancies, and research…
on the lifelong effects of gestational influences. Traces our evolving understanding of prenatal issues such as diet and nutrition, stress, environmental toxins, exercise, and drug and alcohol use. 2010Terezín: voices from the Holocaust
By Ruth Thomson. 2011
Uses extracts from diaries and memoirs to describe Terezín, Czechoslovakia, in 1941-1945, when the Nazis turned the small town into…
a transit camp for imprisoning Jewish people before sending them to the gas chambers at Auschwitz. Relates the prisoners' feelings and their observations about camp events. For grades 5-8. 2011The year of goodbyes: a true story of friendship, family and farewells
By Debbie Levy. 2010
Inspired by her mother Jutta's poesiealbum--an album of poems written by friends--and Jutta's diary, Levy presents a blank-verse recollection of…
the rapidly increased danger for Jews in Nazi Germany, which culminated in Jutta's family moving to the United States before World War II. For grades 5-8. 2010Maimonides: the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds
By Joel L. Kraemer. 2008
Professor uses primary sources to pen a biography of medieval Jewish philosopher, physician, and religious legal authority Moses Maimonides (1138-1204).…
Discusses the Islamic influences on Maimonides' thought during his life in Arab-ruled Spain, northern Africa, and Egypt. Highlights his Mishneh Torah, Guide of the Perplexed, and other writings. 2008On Sukkot and Simchat Torah
By Cathy Goldberg Fishman, Melanie Hall. 2006
Introduces the history and the customs of these two Jewish holidays. Follows a family's celebration of Sukkot, the festival of…
booths, and of Simchat Torah, rejoicing in the synagogue to mark the beginning of the annual cycle of reading from the Torah. For grades K-3. 2006Two is enough: a couple's guide to living childless by choice
By Laura S. Scott. 2009
Scott, the founder of the Childless by Choice Project, researches the motives of couples who choose to remain child-free and…
their decision-making processes. Analyzes results of a survey taken to determine the top eighteen reasons people do not have kids. 2009You having a baby: the owner's manual to a happy and healthy pregnancy
By Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz, Mehmet Oz. 2009
Physicians Roizen and Oz, authors of the "You" medical books, offer a layman's guide to pregnancy. They describe fetal development…
and maternal health; cover nutrition, hormones, medications, exercise, and stress; and discuss labor, delivery, and the first month of the infant's life. 2009Erased: missing women, murdered wives
By Marilee Strong, Mark Powelson. 2008
Drawing upon her research of the Scott and Laci Peterson case, journalist Strong explores more than fifty similar murders she…
terms "eraser killings." Describes well-planned intimate-partner homicides that employed soft-kill methods and left no evidence to link the murderer to his victim. Some violence and some strong language. 2008Treyf: my life as an Unorthodox outlaw
By Elissa Altman. 2016
Elissa Altman grew up in Queens, New York, in a home in which tradition, religion, family expectations, and the forbidden…
were the fixed points in her childhood. But her youth was also laced with contradiction and hope, betrayal and the yearning for acceptance. Adult. UnratedThe art of waiting: on fertility, medicine, and motherhood
By Belle Boggs. 2016
In her new book The Art of Waiting, author Belle Boggs ponders the nature of reproduction in modern America, which…
is of necessity a means of pondering the nature of family, which in turn is a means of pondering the nature of intimacy and love. The word 'infertility' is no longer a single word but is transformed into a thousand stories and a thousand possible families--thwarted, growing, reimagined. UnratedBetter breastfeeding: A doctor's guide to nursing without pain and frustration
By Linda D Dahl. 2022
The ultimate modern-day breastfeeding guide, with empowering, medically sound advice and solutions for the trickiest issues—from a pioneering ENT doctor…
and breastfeeding expert. In today&’s breastfeeding-friendly environment, the pressure to nurse is intense. We hear over and over that breastfeeding is natural, and every woman can do it. The truth is, the majority of moms need help breastfeeding, but they&’re forced to sift through varying viewpoints from a dizzying host of sources instead of being able to turn to a doctor for advice. And when breastfeeding doesn&’t work, they&’re the ones getting blamed for failure. In Better Breastfeeding , you will find information, not opinions: science-backed facts to help you make informed decisions, without feeling ashamed or bullied. Dr. Linda Dahl presents a new paradigm for breastfeeding based on diagnosing and treating mothers and babies using anatomy and physiology, offering a comprehensive overview of how breastfeeding works, why it fails, and what to do about it. Dr. Dahl takes you through the basics of breastfeeding in a week-by-week guide and explores solutions for little-understood difficulties like gape restriction and tongue tie, nipple and breast pain, issues with milk supply, or abnormal nursing behaviors. Better Breastfeeding is the no-holds-barred primer that every mom needs before and during her breastfeeding journey so she can advocate for herself and her baby.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg: the case of R.B.G. vs. inequality
By Jonah Winter, Stacy Innerst. 2017
The Christmas menorahs: how a town fought hate (Albert Whitman Concept Bks.)
By Bill Farnsworth, Janice Cohn. 1995
Ketzel, the cat who composed
By Lesléa Newman, Leslea Newman, Amy June Bates. 2015
Composer Moshe Cotel adopts a six-toed, black-and-white kitten whom he calls Ketzel, and when he needs a piece to enter…
in a contest for music less than a minute long, it is Ketzel who provides the solution. For preschool-grade 2Expecting (Gravel Road Rural Ser.)
By Shannon Freeman. 2016
Three very different girls meet at a program for pregnant teens. Will they be able to learn from each other…
and see through the drama? Some strong language. For junior and senior highDès qu'elle a senti ce petit être au creux de ses bras, si fragile, Deborah Feldman a su ce qu'elle…
devait faire. A peine âgée de 19 ans, elle a toujours vécu au sein de la communauté hassidique Satmar. Elle a toujours suivi les principes implacables qui régissent les moindres détails de sa vie : ce qu'elle peut porter, à qui elle peut parler... Tous les principes sauf celui de ne pas lire de littérature. Les moments de lecture volés de son enfance, passés à découvrir les êtres de papier indépendants et fiers de Jane Austen et Louisa May Alcott, lui ont donné envie de découvrir une autre vie, au milieu des gratte-ciel de Manhattan. Elle sait qu'il est temps d'échapper à son mariage dysfonctionnel avec un homme qu'elle connait à peine, d'abandonner ses responsabilités de bonne fille Satmar et de laisser cours à ses désirs. Indépendamment des obstacles, il est temps, pour elle et son fils, de trouver le chemin du bonheur et de la liberté. Le récit autobiographique de Deborah Feldman, jeune femme juive qui a fui son milieu religieux et qui a inspiré la série Netflix Unorthodox