Literature / Novels

A Novel Deena's eyes rounded. "You have nothing to do with thistour? You're the tour director's wife.""And so?""And so, you can't possibly have nothing to do with thetour. I mean, it's a pretty encompassing job, not your typical nine-to-five."Pessie snapped her seat belt shut...

A Novel In an oasis in the windswept deserts of Arabia, the city of Yathrib sits nestled among date palm groves and verdant fields, affording Jew and Arab alike a lifestyle of tranquil prosperity. Here, the Jew with his one G-d coexists peacefully with...

A Novel Three women, behind bars; three women, yearning to be free. Rozi, who tired to buy freedom for others and peace for herself, at the cost of her own liberty: "Every time I knocked on one of their doors, the 'pause' button was...

A Novel The summer started out like any other in the Raskin home. But suddenly Mr. Raskin announces a two-month business trip to Israel. And when, late one night, Nosson Raskin accidentally overhears a strange conversation between his parents, fear starts to grip him....

A True Story 1939. A Jewish infant is plucked to safety from the terror of Nazi Berlin, just months before war breaks out. Surely in tranquil, pastoral Switzerland an idyllic refuge will be found? But it was not to be. "I was four years old,...

A Novel Berlin. The late 1930s. Ida Jacobson's parents face a heartrending decision: send their young daughter alone to England, where they don't know a soul, or let this rare opportunity to get her to a safe haven slip through their fingers? Ida arrives...

A Novel Quiet Benny never knows what's going on... until he overhears a family major secret and is unexpectedly thrust into a whirlpool of confusion. Things become even more complicated when he finds himself involved in a mystery that's not just perplexing but downright...

A Novel Set During The War Of 1948 Yerushalayim. A city that stands or is destroyed, because of one man's hatred of his brother. Or...one girl's hatred of her sister? Chava and Tirtza. Two sisters pushed hard and far away from each other. But...

Set against the backdrop of an exhilarating year of seminary in Eretz Yisrael, Never Too Late is the story of a sensitive young girl trying to make sense of her broken home and mysterious past Gitty: Popular and smart, she is haunted by a...

Mrs. Make-a-Mentsch is back! The delightful lady with twinkly eyes and round glasses, who lives in her slightly lopsided, little yellow house with a red roof and rickety wraparound porch, makes her appearance again, with a brand-new load of clever strategies for solving kids'...

A Novel When Esti's husband is about to leave her a very young widow and their infant son an orphan, is that the end of the world? When Chaim discovers the cost of his lies, is that the end of the world? When Shauli...

Simi and Menuchi. The most unlikely pair. And now they are sisters-in-law. But what do you do when you're sure your brother could have done better, when you feel your sister-in-law is too quiet, too plain, and just not good enough for your family? ...

A soldier gave a long whistle, and as Eyal had expected, another ten armed and uniformed soldiers appeared out of nowhere, all wearing matching smiles of victory. Eyal easily identified their commander by his age and the reverence that the young soldiers accorded him....

A Novel Jewish life, Europe, 1881. A world comprised of primitive shtetls--and modern society. A world where atrocities pertaining to poor, dowry-less Jewish girls take place under the careful guise of "goodhearted aid" for eligible families. An existence of good and evil and countless...

A Novel There is no moon tonight; my room is dark as a dungeon. I am holding the CD in trembling hands. What have you done to yourself? What have you done to me? I slam the door closed. "You betrayed me, that's what you...

The Power of Perseverance: The Story of Rabbi Yehuda Simes Nobody asked me. Nobody! I had not been in a massive auditorium listening to an authoritative voice challenging the crowd: "We are looking for volunteers. Who here would like to be the wife of...

And Other Stories about Rav Yisrael Meir Hakohen Kagan, the Chafetz Chaim zt"l Even as a young child in Zhetel, his righteousness shone brightly. Everyone knew that this boy had an extraordinary neshamah, and that he was destined for greatness. But did any of...

A True Account Fifteen years ago, I discovered that I was a tzaddeikes. Well, between Hashem and me, I still have quite a way to go, but the rest of the world, it seemed, was all too ready to launch me into the out-of-reach...

Short Stories of Life's Journeys A sniffle and cough turn into a medical crisis that leads to an amputation. But Sara and her parents focus on finding the heartwarming moments in a heartbreaking tale... His elderly mother's memory is going, yet knowing how imperative...

A Teen Novel A wave of loneliness engulfed me. It took all my effort to swallow without choking on that painful lump in my throat. Where was Tzippy, with her easy banter and infectious laugh? Life is not what it seems at Shaarei Shoshana....