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• Lake Burntshore

  A Novel

  Kreuter, Aaron

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  A comedic and heartrending novel about a summer of momentous change at a Jewish sleepover camp in Southern Ontario's cottage country.

• One Minute More

  Rotenberg, Robert, 1953-

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  An unstoppable thriller set in 1988 when—a mere 100 hours before world leaders gather for the G7 summit—police get a hot tip that an assassin is on the way.

• In Loving Riddles

  Selected Poems Of Joseph Sherman

  Joseph Howard Sherman

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  Rooted in his Jewish heritage and Maritime roots, Joseph Sherman's poems offer unforgettable images of family life, natural settings and moments in history.

• Songs for the Brokenhearted

  a Novel

  Tsabari, Ayelet, 1973-

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  A young Yemeni Israeli woman learns of her mother’s secret romance in a dramatic journey through lost family stories, revealing the unbreakable bond between a mother and a daughter in this novel.

• The Hebrew Teacher

  Arad, Maya

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  An intensely readable and beautifully observed novel of manners, full of wisdom, generosity, humor, and sharp insights into academic and expatriate life.

• Doppelganger

  a Trip Into the Mirror World

  Klein, Naomi, 1970-

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  Naomi Klein dives into the surreal experience of being mistaken for her ideological opposite, unravelling a wild, eye-opening journey through a world where identities blur, truth twists, and nothing is quite what it seems.

• None Is Too Many

  Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948

  Abella, Irving M., 1940-2022,

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  The story of Canada's response to the plight of European Jews during the Nazi era and its immediate aftermath.

• Let It Destroy You

  a Novel

  Lye, Harriet Alida

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  Inspired by the true story of a dangerous atomic weapon and the man who designed it, this is a stunning novel of morality, creation, and loss, and winner of the 2024 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Fiction.

• Handwringers

  Mintz, Sarah

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  This collection of short stories revolves around Jewish identity and the schlemiel -- a figure in Jewish folklore described as "one who handles a situation in the worst possible manner or is dogged by an ill luck that is more or less due…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In the Midst of Civilized Europe

  the Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

  Veidlinger, Jeffrey, 1971-

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  Drawing upon long-neglected archival materials, including thousands of newly discovered witness testimonies, trial records, and official orders, acclaimed historian Jeffrey Veidlinger shows for the first time how this wave of genocidal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Darkest Night

  a Novel of Italy and the Second World War

  Robson, Jennifer, 1970-

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  A novel of Italy and the Second World War. It is the autumn of 1943, and life is becoming increasingly perilous for Italian Jews like the Mazin family.

• Plunder

  a Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure

  Kaiser, Menachem, 1985-

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  A surprise discovery — that his grandfather’s cousin not only survived the war but wrote a secret memoir while a slave labourer in a vast, secret Nazi tunnel complex — leads to Kaiser being adopted as a virtual celebrity by a band of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart

  Stories

  Fagan, Cary

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  These ten compelling and delightful stories highlight ordinary people, introverts, mostly living quiet lives -- until they take the chance to leap toward small, meaningful adventure. A young woman is given a painting by Picasso by her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Light of Days

  the Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

  Batalion, Judith,

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  One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nobody Ever Talks About Anything but the End

  a Memoir

  Levine, Liz, 1976-

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  In 2016, Liz Levine's sister Tamara committed suicide. In the memoir, Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End, Levine tells the story of her sister alongside the story of another death that had a huge impact on her life: that of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not One of These Poems Is About You

  Harrison, Teva,

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  A collection of poetry and illustrations from Toronto comics artist Teva Harrison. Harrison was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, an incurable illness, at 37. She began publishing short comics about her declining health and facing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gown

  a Novel of the Royal Wedding

  Robson, Jennifer, 1970-

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  Stitching together threads of her Grandmother's past, a young woman uncovers the story of two embroiderers brought together to help create one of the most famous wedding dresses of all time, that of Princess Elizabeth.

• The Student

  Fagan, Cary

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  The Student by Cary Fagan opens in 1957 as an ambitious young woman named Miriam Moscowitz enters her final year of university. Miriam is drawn into an affair with a free-spirited American student, who leaves her to join the civil rights…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tiny Lights for Travellers

  Lewis, Naomi K.

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  Facing the dissolution of her marriage, Naomi Lewis uncovered a family treasure: her Opa's diary, which details his escape from Nazi-occupied Netherlands in 1942. Lewis travels to Amsterdam on a solo trip to retrace his steps, discovering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We All Need To Eat

  Leslie, Alex

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  We All Need to Eat is a new collection of linked stories from award-winning author Alex Leslie that revolve around Soma, a young Queer woman in Vancouver, chronicling her attempts to come to grips with herself, her family and her sexuality.