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Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got basketball to play, studies to avoid, and a supermarket full of delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron aren't happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that's not Hoodie's problem. That is, until he meets...
2) The vigil
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young man agrees to fulfil the duties of a 'shomer', the ritualistic practice of looking after a dead body over the course of one night. He soon finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
3) Ushpizin
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A heartwarming and light hearted look at the daily lives of ultra-Orthodox Jews learning, living and loving in modern-day Israel. The story of a family facing hardships who must rely on their faith for miracles to happen during the holiday season.
Author
Series
Unorthodox match volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"In An Observant Wife, Naomi Ragen continues the love story between newly observant California-girl Leah and ultra-Orthodox widower Yaakov from An Unorthodox Match. From the joy of their wedding day surrounded by supportive friends and family, Yaakov and Leah are soon plunged into the complex reality of their new lives together as Yaakov leaves his beloved yeshiva to work in the city, and Leah confronts the often agonizing restrictions imposed by...
5) The vigil
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young man agrees to fulfil the duties of a 'shomer', the ritualistic practice of looking after a dead body over the course of one night. He soon finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
6) Disobedience
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality
8) Honey and me
Author
Formats
Description
When eleven-year-old Milla's best friend Honey joins her school for sixth grade Milla finds herself in her friend's shadow, but as the year progresses through the Jewish holidays Milla trys to cope with the tensions and the dramas of school--including thedeath of a beloved teacher.
9) Kaddish.com
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
"The Pulitzer finalist delivers his best work yet--a brilliant, streamlined comic novel, reminiscent of early Philip Roth and of his own most masterful stories, about a son's failure to say Kaddish for his father"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
x, 443 pages ; 21 cm
Description
The pampered daughter of a wealthy Hasidic businessman, Batsheva Ha-Levi grows up in the affluent suburbs of Los Angeles. But everything changes when she turns eighteen and finds that her loving father has made a secret vow which will shatter her life, forcing her to marry a man she hardly knows and sending her to the exotic, golden city of Jerusalem. On her wedding day, she enters a strange and foreign world steeped in tradition and surrounded by...
Author
Series
Hereville volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
123 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
In this sequel, Mirka is back, and this time she takes on a misguided meteor who's been set in motion by the troll and turned into Mirka's twin by the witch. Doppelganger Mirka is out to best the real girl. Our heroine will have to beat her own other self in a three-part challenge ... or be banished from Hereville!
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