(JTA) — The very first Jewish book was a multigenerational Jewish family saga. But while the Bible went on to achieve some commercial and critical success, the genre doesn’t always
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Elizabeth Graver’s fifth novel, “Kantika,” a fictionalized version of her Sephardic maternal grandmother’s journey across four countries, from Constantinople to America, using real photographs and family names.
We’re making room on our shelves for plenty of new books. This month we look at novels; both historical and contemporary subjects figure prominently in these selections. MINNA: Two teenagers living in Liverpool, England, in 1935 conceive a child. Catholic Viv and her Jewish boyfriend, Joshua Levinson, quickly get married, only for Viv to