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An inspiring survival story. Unimaginable value of friendship, kindness, love & spreading happiness. One of the must read books. 5🌟

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This is just heart-wrenching. I hadn't read it before and now I see why it won the Nobel Peace Prize. #Booked2021#JewishAuthor @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

This book didn‘t completely hang together but the topic was really interesting: the creation of the Jewish state of Birobidzhan in remote Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, with some support from the Jewish community and some from the Soviets who wanted to push Jews further west, increasing after the Holocaust and almost completely destroyed by Stalin.Like my previous review, this is very much a story of diaspora.
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I needed something light when my brain needs a break from Zhivago, so I grabbed this one from the library for #Booked2021 #JewishAuthor/MC

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This book has been on my shelf for too long, but since it was my #doublespin pick this month, I was motivated to finally read it! I saw myself reflected in so much of this -- it was nice to feel like maybe it's okay to be the observer in a crowd. And I thought the chapter on relationships was particularly interesting.

Bonus: this satisfies a #booked2021 prompt: #Jewishauthor

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Starting fall now #booked2021 #jewishauthor
With this very interesting essay by British comedian David baddiel about anti semitism and that it is a racism ignored at a period when society is very aware of discrimination in all forms but the stereotypes from Fagan to greedy bankers which informed the historic dislike +persecution of Jewish people still influences the language of politics +media.
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Read for #Booked2021 Fall edition/Jewish author

This was similar in style to Doctorow‘s masterpiece ‘Ragtime‘ in its depiction of a moment in history told from multiple viewpoints. Not all who join at the start of Sherman‘s march from Augusta GA to Durham NC will finish. As with any novel about war, there‘s a lot of brutality and sadness; some hope too, but we know now the US Civil War would expose a wound which is still not healed to this day.

I love what Hoffman has done here, weaving true events into a gripping and devastating historical fiction from the perspective of 4 women at Masada in 70 CE, as the fortification of Jewish rebels is surrounded by a Roman legion, not long after the Second Temple is destroyed in Jerusalem.

Jewish fiction that is not set during the Holocaust is SO rare, and I am here for it. Although some Jewish romance or contemporary fare would be nice too!

The month of Av in the Hebrew calendar starts tomorrow, so reading this chapter now seems quite fortuitous. This is my selection for #booked2021 #jewishauthor. I just saw your older excellent review on GR @Cinfhen which really has me looking forward to this read, and possibly learning a bit more about a historical event I only have very superficial knowledge of.

#ReadingAsia21 #Hoopla #Brunei 🇧🇳 Just started and I‘m hooked 🎧 another book choice for #Booked2021 #JewishAuthor I can already tell author Jillian Lauren is going to polarize readers, but I like her.