Old Jewish novels! Please join me...

amother

Wed, Dec 08 2021, 11:36 pm

SYA wrote:

I can call you ima

Most of the books above I read as a kid.
Good memories...

I can Call You Ima is a really nice book. Leah Fried also wrote another book about a couple that divorces due to religious differences. In the end they reconcile. I really liked that book.

boysrus

Wed, Dec 08 2021, 11:38 pm

Light for Greytowers, by Eva Vogiel

and all the above mentioned books!
When I was a kid my favorite books were the Libby Lazwnik books, Shira s new start, shiras summer,

also A problem called Chavi.... I still have it.

amother

Wed, Dec 08 2021, 11:40 pm

Pandabeer wrote:

Forever my yerusalem: 1948 in the eyes of a child. I loved it and took it put many times from thr library

Holocaust series-

Go my son go - a boy that was exiled in a kolcholz and all over Russia

All for the boss - Iwould love my kids to read it. It's very well written and so many powerfull lessons

Books by Suki Gross - I see some of then are back in print

I have FOREVER My Jerusalem sitting my shelf. I never actually read it. This is giving me a push to read it now.

The books by Sukey Stavsky Gross I still have as well. I enjoyed those a lot!

Who remembers the Rabbi and the Priest?

amother

Wed, Dec 08 2021, 11:49 pm

amother [ Cinnamon ] wrote:

It was reprinted a few years ago.

Really! That's great news. My copy was borrowed years ago and never returned.

amother

Wed, Dec 08 2021, 11:53 pm

amother [ Cinnamon ] wrote:

It was reprinted a few years ago.

OMG. I just googled it and see that it was made into a movie! Like a proffessional movie with real.actors. how is that even possible? This was one of my all time favorite books.

amother

Cobalt

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:00 am

Op- those were THE books back then. Search my heart was not normal amazing for those times.
Aside for the Jewish press there was the monthly Olameinu magazine and the Jewish observer. There were also Marcus Lehman books like the broken bracelet.

amother

Cobalt

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:02 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Has anyone read Dovid Meyer??

Yes! I read it about 30 years ago. I remember thinking it was good school/camp play material.

amother

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:06 am

amother [ Cobalt ] wrote:

Yes and I still think Search My Heart is an amazing book..I still have it.

I also got the Olomeinu and Jewish Observer. (As well as the Hilights, to round things out..)

I'm pretty sure Marcus Lehman did not write the broken Bracelet.
I read all of his books and novelette as well.
My favorite is Del Monte, Family Y Aguilar, The adopted Princess and Bustenai.
Also, Itamar is now being illustrated as a comic in the Circle.
The Adopted Princess was illustrated s a comic recently as well..I think by the Mishpacha Junior.

Nice to see the stories we grew up with being made available for the kids today.

amother

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:09 am

amother [ Tan ] wrote:

Rose among the thorns
The envelope
It’s me tzvki green

The last one is temporarily (or permanently?) blacklisted. Confused

amother

Cobalt

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:10 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Right- maybe The Broken Bracelet was by Gershon Kranzler. I can check tomorrow. I have it downstairs on the bookshelf.
Don’t forget the Horizon magazine. It was monthly.

4everdiet

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:10 am

The Exiles of Crocodile Island. I probably read that a thousand times

Family Secrets by Sarah Birnhack

The Scent Of Snowflowers

Anything by Libby Lazewnik. Can’t remember the titles.

I disagree that the writing was poorer then. Some of the serialised stories in the Mishpacha are very well written, but I find that most novels published originally as such are not that great.

4everdiet

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:12 am

I recently gave my girls Family Secrets and they loved it.

It’s such fun seeing all these books mentioned here. Lehman and Btw, who wrote the Rabbi and the Priest?

amother

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:13 am

Anyone remember the Search for Miri and the sequel Between the Thorns?

Also, did anyone read The Lost Children of Tarshish or The Flight to Seven Swan Bay?
Both books (though very different) are stories about people who got stuck on an island and had to figure out how to manage until they were rescued.

Somewhat like Hatchet.

amother

Mocha

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:15 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Read it! I must have read it a dozen times at least.

4everdiet

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:15 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Was one of them a book on the Sambatyon?

amother

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:15 am

amother [ Cobalt ] wrote:

Right- maybe The Broken Bracelet was by Gershon Kranzler. I can check tomorrow. I have it downstairs on the bookshelf.
Don’t forget the Horizon magazine. It was monthly.

Yes I think by Gershon Kranzler. Was he also the one who wrote the Rabbi and the Priest?

Yes the horizon was short-lived. I think I still have a few of them.

amother

Mocha

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:16 am

4everdiet wrote:

I recently gave my girls Family Secrets and they loved it.

It’s such fun seeing all these books mentioned here. Lehman and Btw, who wrote the Rabbi and the Priest?

On that topic, does anyone think that Family Secrets contains mature content (emotionally) for young readers? My daughter is a voracious reader at 9, but I wouldn't have her read it. I was surprised when a friend of hers was encouraged to read it by her mother.

amother

Mocha

Thu, Dec 09 2021, 12:17 am

amother [ Mocha ] wrote:

On that topic, does anyone think that Family Secrets contains mature content (emotionally) for young readers? Specifically, I'm recalling the story surrounding Mirel(?) and the courtship and marriage. My daughter is a voracious reader at 9, but I wouldn't have her read it. I was surprised when a friend of hers was encouraged to read it by her mother.