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Authors Announcing Their Books
"Rich with powerful and piercing historical references, An Epiphany in Lilacs: In the Aftermath of the Camps by Iris Dorbian captures the reality of Jews who survived the Holocaust, the inner scars and the struggles with uncertainty, incessant nightmares, and fitting into the day-to-day lifestyle of ordinary people. It is a heart-wrenching story, told in excellent prose..." - Readers's FavoriteCheck out my book "An Epiphany in Lilacs," a story loosely inspired by my father's experiences as a 14-year-old Holocaust survivor in a DP camp in Germany after WWII.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Epiphany-Lilac...
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-e...
Unlocking The Past: Stories From My Mother's Diary This is my just-published first book about Israel in the mid-1950s, based on my late mother Naomi's diary, which we only discovered after her death.It is a collection of creative non-fiction short stories -- Naomi's diary entries are so descriptive and vibrant that I was inspired to bring them back to life, embarking on a fascinating journey, exploring a place and space so different to my own. Not only was my mother still single, but she had become somewhat of an outsider, having returned to her birthplace after a decade away in Australia.
Available on Kindle or as a paperback from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Past...
And from Mazo Publishers: http://mazopub.com/ecom/product/unloc...
I would really appreciate your honest feedback - all comments welcome!
Congrats to you. Im sure it will be terrific. Will write a review when I read it shortly.
Hello,I'm assisting David with his books, one of which is titled "Introducing The Messiah: An Interview" Introducing the Messiah: An Interview
Thank you very much Stacey! Looking forward to reading your review.
Hi. I am happy to be a member of this group. I want to tell you about a book that I recemtly published: "My Name is Rebecca: A Novelette." It is the story of a Jewish family that left Russia in the early 1900s. The story of their journey to America is told in detail; the process of going through Ellis Island; and living on the Lower East Side in New York before settling in Wisconsin. The story started out as a tribute to my mother's family but evolved into a tribute to those who came during that time. It is a story of family, love, and tradition that is passed on for future generations. The book is available on Amazon in e-book and paperback formats. If you decide to purchase one in either format, contact me through my website and I will send you a bookmark that complements the cover. As a side note about the cover--it is a picture of my mother that was taken in 1931 when she was four years old.
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Hi All, I've just self published my first novel, BABE RUTH - A Superstar's Legacy. This is the first book to ever examine the legacy of Ruth, both in and beyond baseball. It involves sport, culture, business, the arts, and in no small dose, humanity. This is unlike any book ever written about the remarkable icon who captured America and the world, and is a testament to his enduring appeal. Babe Ruth’s grandson Tom Stevens wrote the Foreword and the Ruth family has contributed photographs. You can get your copy today at Amazon >> https://goo.gl/FFFeMb
Your book sounds fascinating. Best of luck with it!
Destiny by Design- Leah's JourneyHistorical fiction, Austen inspired, clean read, Russian immigration to Argentina in the "Victorian" era.
Hi All:I have a novel forthcoming this fall for both young readers and adults, due out from Mandel Vilar Press:
It took 5 years of research into the Holocaust in Ukraine to write this. I'm passionate about the subject of increasing empathy and awareness and hope this story will do that. There is also currently a giveaway happening:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Good luck! And thanks for allowing us to do this in this group.
My new novel, YELED TOV (Lethe Press), is a coming-of-age story about a teenager struggling to reconcile his growing attraction for men with his traditional reading of the Torah. Does he risk losing God's love?
What an interesting premise! Good luck with this book.
Congrats for taking on a sensitive topic. That requires courage. I hope it will be very well received. Best of luck.
Iris wrote: "What an interesting premise! Good luck with this book."Thank you so much, Iris, that's extremely thoughtful of you.
Charles wrote: "Congrats for taking on a sensitive topic. That requires courage. I hope it will be very well received. Best of luck."Many thanks, Charles, for your kindness and sensitivity. Very much appreciated.
Thank you for allowing us to post here. I write the Bad Hair Day Mysteries featuring Jewish hairstylist Marla Shore. There are 15 books in this series that begins with Permed to Death
. The next release will be
Trimmed to Death on Sept. 25. Find out more info at https://nancyjcohen.com
New releaseThe Spy's GambleNew release about Israeli-Palestinian conflict moving through actual events. Recent Amazon review:
Read this spy story for its author’s impressive knowledge of the history and the confusion of current events in Jerusalem and the surrounding Middle East. He makes his way with assurance through its bewildering political jungle, its military, professional and commercial networks, its shifting friendships and antagonisms and just ordinary daily living. I have no idea whether all this knowledge comes from personal experience (it reads like that) or research, or whether he just makes it all up (possible, but not likely), but the background to his story is one hundred percent convincing. Add to that what reads as a true passion for peace, accommodation and mutual understanding between Palestinians and Israelis—though the narrative is largely from an Israeli point of view. Most of Kaplan’s sympathetic characters on both sides of this persistent, painful wound in the heart of geopolitics have a longing in their hearts to find a solution, and a despair to see it constantly escaping them.
I would be honored if you would consider reading my debut book, The Crate: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice an intimate, true story of a gruesome crime that involved my family of Holocaust survivors. Back in 2010, we discovered a wooden crate hidden on our property. We were not prepared for its horrific contents! The discovery traumatized my family, especially my fragile parents... it dredged up their terrible memories and forced them to confront evil and violence yet again. The themes are heavily Jewish: the narrative recounts not only the experiences of the Holocaust, but that of the second generation as well. It examines anti-Semitism, terrorism, and the human capacity for evil. THE CRATE has been selected as a finalist in the 2018 International Book Awards and received a 5-Star Award by Readers' Favorite. I would love to hear your feedback. Thank you!
I'm reading/reviewing your book right now at the request of your publisher through the New York Journal of Books. You should see it live within the next 3-4 weeks.
I'm reading/reviewing your book right now at the request of your publisher through the New York Journal of Books. You should see it live within the next 3-4 weeks.
I'm reading/reviewing your book right now at the request of your publisher through the New York Journal of Books. You should see it live within the next 3-4 weeks.
Charles wrote: "I'm reading/reviewing your book right now at the request of your publisher through the New York Journal of Books. You should see it live within the next 3-4 weeks."Thank you very much, Charles!
Deborah wrote: "Charles wrote: "I'm reading/reviewing your book right now at the request of your publisher through the New York Journal of Books. You should see it live within the next 3-4 weeks."Thank you very ..."
BTW... Do you have any relatives in Toledo (OH)? My wife has many family members here named "Levison." Also, our daughter and her husband live in Minneapolis; they own a greeting card company called Old Tom Foolery and a gift store named, "Greater Goods." Sometimes people we have never met are just one contact away from knowing each other.
I almost never interact with an author before I write my review. But so far, the book is very well-written. Keep up the great work
After years writing nonfiction, I'm thrilled that I've just published my debut novel: THE HEIRS -- about a Polish-Jewish soccer family in NJ, a Polish-Catholic family with a kid on the same AYSO soccer team, and how they confront their parents' possible connections in Poland in the Holocaust (Stephen F. Austin State University Press). It's already sold out its first printing in just two months. Here's a link to my Website: www.hawthornewriter.com. Thanks for letting me post this, and I'm eager to read about your books, too.
Fran wrote: "After years writing nonfiction, I'm thrilled that I've just published my debut novel: THE HEIRS -- about a Polish-Jewish soccer family in NJ, a Polish-Catholic family with a kid on the same AYSO so..."
Sounds interesting, Fran. I look forward to reading it!
Charles wrote: "Deborah wrote: "Charles wrote: "I'm reading/reviewing your book right now at the request of your publisher through the New York Journal of Books. You should see it live within the next 3-4 weeks."..."
Thank you... I'm so excited that you like The Crate so far, and I appreciate your reaching out! My husband doesn't know of any relatives in Ohio. I'm waiting to hear from my in-laws. I only know of "Levison" family members in France and Israel.
Sharon wrote: "Fran wrote: "After years writing nonfiction, I'm thrilled that I've just published my debut novel: THE HEIRS -- about a Polish-Jewish soccer family in NJ, a Polish-Catholic family with a kid on the..."Hi Sharon: Thanks so much for your interest. I'd love to hear what you think about it. (Yes, criticism too! I'll learn for my next novel.) Fran
The Yiddish Gangster's DaughterJoan Lipinsky Cochran
Available at Amazon
Boca Raton writer Becks Ruchinsky is shocked by the discovery her elderly father, Tootsie, was a member of the Jewish mafia and may have murdered his best friend. When he offers her one lie after another, she sets out on a journey to learn the truth about his past. What awaits her at the end of her investigation is more disturbing than she could have imagined. A gripping and thought-provoking murder mystery, The Jewish Gangster’s Daughter explores the precarious world of the 1940s and 1950s Jewish mafia . . . and the limits of familial love.
Visit my website www.joanlipinskycochran.com for a free copy of Homestyle Jewish Cooking; Your Bubbe's Recipes Made Simple.
My father and I are proud to announce the publication of our grandfather's Holocaust memoir: "The Nazi, the Princess, and the Shoemaker." Available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692170588/Have you ever heard of a Jew who saved a Nazi's life?
Who evaded capture by pretending to be a Polish peasant, a Communist spy, a partisan, and a Rabbi?
Who spent months starving in the woods, sleeping in haystacks in the freezing cold, only to finish off the war in a luxurious palace as the guest of a Polish princess?
Over 30 years in the making, this unique and extraordinary account was recreated from interviews the author recorded in the early 1980s, as well as videotaped interviews from Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation.
The book describes Binem Naiman's childhood in the rural Polish village of Radziejow, and details how his family and community were devastated by the trauma of the Nazi invasion and unimaginably cruel occupation of Poland.
At the age of 24, Binem escapes a German forced labor camp and struggles to survive the harsh Polish winter by sleeping in haystacks during the day and begging food from peasant farmers at night.
Through a chance encounter with a former schoolmate, Binem is taken in by the Osten-Sackens, an aristocratic Polish woman (the "Princess") and her ethnic German husband, who Binem later learns is a secret Gestapo agent. When Germany begins to lose the war, their son, an SS officer (the "Nazi"), forces Binem to vow to protect his parents from inevitable attempts at retribution.
Binem makes good on his promise (three times!) saving Osten-Sacken twice from Russian soldiers and later by testifying on his behalf in a Polish court.
The book describes Binem's Holocaust experience in harrowing detail, from its lows, including a suicide attempt in the Jewish graveyard where his parents were buried, to its highs, such as finishing off the war as an honored guest at the Osten-Sacken mansion, and his celebratory speech to the Russian Jewish officers who liberated him.
My new book, Dreidel Day is launching September 1st , published by Kar-Ben PublishingThis playful Hanukkah board book encourages readers to count from 1 to 8 as they follow a silly cat who interacts with her driedels spinning, bouncing, tumbling, hopping, hiding, balancing, resting, and finally, lighting the menorah.
Colorful charming paper-cut illustrations contain other “hidden” elements for little ones to count. The mischivous cat makes this a Purr-fect read not just on Hanukkah but all year round.
Just published TO DESTROY JERUSALEM a novel of Israel and the first Palestinian uprising (intafada) set in 1990 and moving through Rio, London, worn torn Beirut and into Israel and the West Bank Review of my earlier work BULLETS OF PALESTINEAl Fajr (Jerusalem Palestinian Weekly)
“In a conflict where both sides have tended to dehumanize the other, Kaplan has created two extremely human characters—one Palestinian, the other Israeli. In observing such a fictional relationship I found myself looking at the Israelis that I came across this week in a slightly different manner. I found I wanted to try and shed some of the stereotypes that living on one side of the conflict had given me. Maybe this is the purpose of fiction in the first place—to break down barriers.”
To Destroy Jerusalem
Los Angeles Times
“Kaplan is not merely the author of two previous best-selling novels built around international intrigue but is probably without peer in his grasp of the delicate and explosive relationship between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
Congrats Howard...Just bought your new book.
I am sure it will be another winner.
Keep it up!!
I'm happy to announce the publication of a new story featuring Jewish private detective Adam Lapid.It's called The Unlucky Woman: An Adam Lapid Short Story and is the first short story in the series, following four novels.
Enjoy!
Jonathan wrote: "I'm happy to announce the publication of a new story featuring Jewish private detective Adam Lapid.It's called The Unlucky Woman: An Adam Lapid Short Story and is the first short ..."
Congratulations Jonathan!
Jonathan wrote: "I'm happy to announce the publication of a new story featuring Jewish private detective Adam Lapid.It's called The Unlucky Woman: An Adam Lapid Short Story and is the first short ..."
Congrats on your new book.
I just bought it.
My novel of Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation 4.9 on Amazon out of 40 reviewsLatest Amazon review:
Read this spy story for its author’s impressive knowledge of the history and the confusion of current events in Jerusalem and the surrounding Middle East. He makes his way with assurance through its bewildering political jungle, its military, professional and commercial networks, its shifting friendships and antagonisms and just ordinary daily living. I have no idea whether all this knowledge comes from personal experience (it reads like that) or research, or whether he just makes it all up (possible, but not likely), but the background to his story is one hundred percent convincing. Add to that what reads as a true passion for peace, accommodation and mutual understanding between Palestinians and Israelis—though the narrative is largely from an Israeli point of view. Most of Kaplan’s sympathetic characters on both sides of this persistent, painful wound in the heart of geopolitics have a longing in their hearts to find a solution, and a despair to see it constantly escaping them.
The Spy's Gamble
I'm thrilled to announce that The Crate: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice has been selected as a resource by Connecticut's Department of Education for its Holocaust curriculum. It now has won four awards, and the NY Journal of Books called it "a brilliant story." And, through the book, I had the honor and privilege of interviewing Eva Schloss, sister-in-law of Anne Frank.I'd love to hear your thoughts if you read. Please reach me through my website: www.debbielevison.com. Thanks!
The American DossierA sequel to “The American Deluge”has been released today, November 21, 2018.
A half of our society is in a state of mental disorder. One has to determine which half to belong to.
Spying Game never stops.
The war is in the Cyberspace now. The payouts are in Crypto Currency. But a good, old assassination cannot be replaced by anything.
“How much time do I have left to live?” asked the man.
“You are the property of Mother Russia! We’ll tell you when to die.” His handler replied.
The year is 2016. The Presidency is up for grabs, again. Once, the man had engineered the election of the first black American President. After eight years of the oblivion, they called on him to prevent losing to an outsider. Just like before, death, destruction, and a trail of assassinations follow him.
This time, it hits home. When the man learns that his KGB handlers are after an innocent young woman close to him, he sets out to save her life. Soon he finds that she too joined the assassin's trade to avenge the deaths of her own.
Russian Election Meddling is here again. There was no need for the meddling. It has been going on much longer than most people realize.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Uri NorwichThe December Edition of "THE BIG THRILL" magazine of the International Thriller Writers Association profiled my latest novel "The American Dossier" released a week ago along with a brief interview.
http://www.thebigthrill.org/2018/11/t...
My novel NEVER AGAIN was published November 24. The book presents a scenario in which Israel has been overrun, a million Israelis are in detention camps run by Palestinians and hundreds of thousands of Jews become refugees. The United States, having shut its doors to all asylum seekers, refuses to allow two ships filled with Israeli refugees enter Boston Harbor. American Jews are forced to decide how far they will go to oppose their country's decisions. Kirkus called it “A methodical, convincing story of political upheaval.” I'd love to hear your comments at my website at harveyaschwartz.com.
Trimmed to Death, the latest title in my Bad Hair Day Mysteries, debuted in September. This series features Jewish hairstylist Marla Vail.
She celebrates Hanukkah in an earlier title, Facials Can Be Fatal.
The Crate: A Story Of War, A Murder, And Justice has officially crossed the pond into the United Kingdom with a wonderful review by It Takes A Woman. Stacey Woods says it is "a much-needed true account of the Holocaust" and written with "affection," "sympathy," and "evocative language." Thank you Stacey!http://www.ittakesawoman.co.uk/blog/2...
My new novel Passport Control was released recently by S&H Publishing. Blurb
Miriam Gil knows little about Israel. Her father won’t talk about his life there or the brother he left behind when he came to Canada. Hurt and angry when he tells her to move out to make room for his new girlfriend, she enrolls in an Israeli university. She falls in love with Guy, a former combat soldier who dreams of peace. Miriam is caught off guard when her visa and passport application are rejected on the grounds that she’s suspected of being a Syrian Christian. In rapid order, the university boots her out, her one friend is killed in a brawl, and Miriam is accused of murder by Israeli police. Despite troubling revelations about her father’s past, Miriam must reconcile with him if she is to prove her innocence, reclaim her life, and hang on to her new found love.
It received a great review on Books and Blintzes: https://booksandblintzes.com/2018/11/...
My novel in stories White Zion will be released March 2019 with Cervena Barva Press. I've published these stories over the last 13 years and I'm not only thrilled to see them together with such a great press, but I am excited to include more of the Yemenite Jewish experience in Jewish literature. The novel takes readers into the worlds of 19th century Yemen, pre-State Israel, modern Israel and modern Canada. You will hear the voices of a young boy marveling at Israel's first air force on his own roof, the cry of a newly married woman helpless to defend herself against her new husband's desires, the anger of the heroine's uncle as he reveals startling secrets about his marriage and the fall-out after generations of war.
I thought you would be interested to hear about new book G-d versus gods: Judaism in the Age of Idolatry (Mosaica Press).
The book details the development of avodah zarah, and the fight against it, from Adam HaRishon through the eradication of the yetzer hara for avodah zarah in the beginning of bayis sheini. (Are you curious about what it actually means that the yetzer hara for avodah zarah was removed? There's a whole chapter about that....) Check it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2NO4jLy or email me directly at rabbircklein@gmail.com
The book has two sections: The first section goes through Tanach, with a focus on all of the stories that involve avodah zarah. Did the Jews actually worship avodah zarah or not? There's the egel hazahav, and a lot of stuff going on in tekufas hashoftim and tekufas hamelachim. The book is based on a huge breath of sources from our mesorah. From that vantage point, it looks out sees if the academic world has anything useful to add (archaeological findings, etc.) The book has haskamos from Rabbis Zev Leff, Aharon Lopiansky, and Yitzchak Breitowitz.
The second section is an encyclopedia of all the different types of avodot zarot mentioned in Tanach. Did you ever wonder what Baal, Asherah, or Molech actually were? This encyclopedia has close to 40 entries explaining what each avodah zarah was, how and by whom it was worshiped, different archaeological findings pertaining to it, etc. I bet you didn’t realize that there were that many avodot zarot mentioned in Tanach!
God versus Gods: Judaism in the Age of Idolatry
Awhile back I set up Persimmon Alley Press to publish my novels. Then my friend asked me to publish his non-fiction biography of his mother, a Jewish refugee from Vienna who lived 101 remarkable years after fleeing Vienna and the Holocaust. Turns out my friend is a good writer and his mother's life makes fascinating reading.About the book:
Mother’s Century: A Survivor, Her People and Her Times is the “bio-history” of Margarete Sobel Hermann, the author’s mother and role model, who lived 101 tumultuous and productive years. Her life spanned 95 percent of the twentieth century, during which she and her family experienced much of the good, the bad and the exceptionally ugly that marked that most violent of eras. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Imperial Vienna, she survived the First World War, famine and starvation, runaway inflation, political turmoil that makes what we are undergoing today pale in comparison, discrimination, street violence, the Great Depression, the Nazi takeover of Austria, the Holocaust during which scores of her relatives perished in the death camps, and the daunting task of getting herself and her family out of Europe to America. Once in the United States, she faced and overcame the formidable task of creating a new life for herself. The first two-thirds of this chronicle is about the initial one-third of her life—the European phase. The last third of this book is an account of the last two-thirds of her life—the American story. The theme that carries through this remarkable life is one of perseverance, grit in the face of often overwhelming odds and obstacles.
Mother's Century: A Survivor, Her People and Her Times
About the author:
Richard L. Hermann is the author of 11 books, including the award-winning Managing Your Legal Career and most recently, Encounters: Ten Appointments with History. He is an attorney, a former law professor, and the founder and president of Federal Reports Inc. (sold to Thomson Reuters in 2007). He writes a weekly op-ed column and a legal blog (legalcareerview.com). Hermann is a graduate of Yale University, the New School University, Cornell Law School and the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School. He also served with the U.S. Army Atomic Demolition Munitions Team in Germany. He lives with his wife, Anne, in Arlington, Virginia and Canandaigua, New York.
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