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Whats the best Jewish book you ever read?
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Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:26 pm
Forever my Jerusalem

Sometimes You can find it on Amazon - but not always.
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amother
Ginger


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:29 pm
#BestBubby wrote:
I can't remember the name of the book - about a girl, very frum, who finds out she is not
halachicly Jewish.

Oh I know which one you mean, but now it’s getting me nervous not remembering the name.
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smoms




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:31 pm
amother [ Coffee ] wrote:
Not the one I was referring to, anyway. The one I remember was published probably 1990ish, and had a dark blue cover. The girl who found out about not being Jewish was named Anat, I think. Narrator's name was Tamar.


The Unanswered Cry ?
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amother
Pumpkin


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:31 pm
tigerwife wrote:
So where does everyone find these old Jewish books?
I can't find them used, and on Amazon they are so expensive if available.


I take them out at the library. If you’re in Monsey, Finkelstein Library has a ton of Jewish books.
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Amelia Bedelia




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:32 pm
smoms wrote:
The Unanswered Cry ?

Yes! That's it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/w.....amp=1


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#BestBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:32 pm
amother [ Mustard ] wrote:
I was thinking about one were a BT women found out she was a mamzer.
She took a job as a lawyer so she could make sure Jews getting a divorce would have a get so their children wouldn’t suffer like she did.


Also a good one. But sad. Don't remember the title.

There was a similar book with a happy ending by Ruth Benjamin - think the title is
Yesterday's Child.
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#BestBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:33 pm
smoms wrote:
The Unanswered Cry ?


Ding! Ding! Ding! You are the winner of the "name that book" contest. LOL
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nanny24/7




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:35 pm
amother [ Coffee ] wrote:
Was actually wondering about this book recently. I read it awhile ago in high schools so probably early 90s. It was translated from Hebrew, so I guess Israeli author. If I remembered the title or author I would try to track it down.
Most Jewish books I like are due to nostalgia, to be perfectly honest.
That said, the original versions of the Avner Gold books still hold up quite well.
And I will always have a soft spot for Exiles of Crocodile Island.
Most of Sarah Birnhack's books have held up very well, too though I bet some would never be published nowadays without major rewrites (for frum reasons, not writing style obvi).

I think the title is "The unanswered cry"
I loved that book too.
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#BestBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:35 pm
bbhem5 wrote:
Do you mean The Double Life of Chani Greenberg by Menucha Beckerman?


That's a book about a girl who finds out she was switched at birth and not really Jewish.

Also a good one.
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amother
Ginger


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:35 pm
smoms wrote:
The Unanswered Cry ?


Oh I love you! Thank you so much, you made my night.
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amother
Mustard


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:39 pm
#BestBubby wrote:
Also a good one. But sad. Don't remember the title.

There was a similar book with a happy ending by Ruth Benjamin - think the title is
Yesterday's Child.


Nothing But the Truth" by Leah Friedman.
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sky




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:40 pm
A daughter of 2 mothers

Each chapter of her life was touching and fascinating.
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amother
Coffee


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:42 pm
amother [ Ginger ] wrote:
Oh I love you! Thank you so much, you made my night.

Yes, I am pretty sure that's the one I've been thinking of, too!
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amother
Orange


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:42 pm
I loved Deep Blue!
I also remember a book called Yesterday's Child, but I can't recall what it was about.
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amother
Powderblue


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:42 pm
“I can call you Ima”
Really good book!
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amother
Coffee


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:43 pm
nanny24/7 wrote:
I think the title is "The unanswered cry"
I loved that book too.

Yes, that's it!
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amother
Powderblue


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:44 pm
Double identity
True identity

By Meyer Bendett
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#BestBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:45 pm
amother [ Orange ] wrote:
I loved Deep Blue!
I also remember a book called Yesterday's Child, but I can't recall what it was about.


Yesterday's Child is about a BT who needs to find out if he is a mamzer.
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amother
Black


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:48 pm
The Single Files by Ahuva Parnes - very real and gripping.
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amother
Wheat


 

Post Mon, Sep 14 2020, 8:49 pm
Does As a Driven Leaf count?
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