Monroe Free Library

Set in the 1930s, this powerful novel about love, betrayal, and sacrifice is perfect for fans of The Alice Network, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and The Nightingale. Berlin, 1933. Leah and Magda have been inseparable for as long as they can remember, and one beautiful summer's day in their courtyard, they vow nothing will ever come between their friendship. But Leah could never have predicted the darkness looming just around the corner… As Hitler...

"Living with her Babby after her parents' death, 10-year-old Dinah Ash is invited to train at Leningrad's legendary Vaganova Ballet School. In the world of elite dance, she works hard, falls in love, and weathers the Soviet Union's ubiquitous antisemitism, but despite an impressive talent, she quickly learns that dancers of her "profile" don't make prima ballerinas. Love of Leningrad, ballet, friends, family, and books sustain Dinah until history...

"Antisemitism is supposed to have disappeared long ago, but despite our abhorrence of racism and oppression in all its forms, this ancient prejudice continues to thrive. Anti-Jewish hate crime is rising, Jewish blood is spilt in Europe once more and arguments over antisemitism, whether in politics or music, theatre or sport, are increasingly hard to avoid. At a time of economic, political and social turmoil, fueled by conspiracy theories on your smartphone...

A Jewish boy's bravery and kindness are tested after an antisemitic attack on his middle school in this rousing novel-in-verse. Ever since twelve-year-old Josh Kline found an antisemitic note in his family's mailbox in third grade, he has felt uncomfortable about his Jewish identity. At a new school where he's pretty sure he's the only Jew, he's hoping to just keep religion out of everything...until the morning someone sprays swastikas all over the...

"What was life like during World War II? World War II was a difficult time for Jews in the US. Although they were safe from physical danger—unlike their relatives in Europe—anti-Semitism was a serious and growing problem. Food items were rationed, and many men were drafted into the army. In this engrossing book, children will learn about the daily life of Jews during World War II—the homes they lived in, the foods they ate, the schools they...

"The Issue is Power in this collection of essays, speeches, and reviews spanning 15 years of writing and organizing. Political activist and writer Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz brings an insightful eye and a sharp analytical mind to address a wide range of issues in contemporary America: race, class, anti-Semitism, lesbian culture, war, sexual power, identity politics, Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, international and domestic violence against and...

From her earliest memory of attending the coronation parade of George VI in London in 1937, surviving the German Blitzkrieg of England during World War II, an engagement to marry a Malayan prince who attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and her eventual marriage to a United States serviceman which transported her to Missouri and, eventually, New York, Elaine Cheney endured anti-Semitism, political bias, and heartbreak. Elaine Cheney's autobiographical...