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"An odyssey from pre-Civil War Charleston to post-World War II Minneapolis through Jewish immigrants' eyes. The histories of US immigrants do not always begin and end in Ellis Island and northeastern cities. Many arrived earlier and some migrated south and west, fanning out into their vast new country. They sought a renewed life, fresh prospects, and a safe harbor, despite a nation that was not always welcoming and not always tolerant. How to Become...
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Jewish soul volume disc 5
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Yiddish
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Eli Eli: An elderly Jewish couple are separated when they are forced to sell their farm. Living with different children, they must learn to survive not only without each other, but in the unfamiliar landscape of modern America.
Three daughters: Tells the story of a Jewish family and their three daughters growing up in suburbia, trying to maintain their Jewish traditions in an increasingly assimilationist environment.
267) Las estrellas
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"Un niño judío y una niña musulmana se encuentran en el parque y enseguida descubren que comparten la misma pasión por las estrellas. Pero sus padres no quieren comprenderlo... Jacob tiene que cuidar de sus hermanitas y aprender a manejar el negocio familiar, pero él está todo el día pensando en las estrellas y fascinado con los misterios del espacio. Su sueño es ser astronauta. Aisha también tiene que cuidar de sus tres hermanos y respetar...
268) My name is Asher Lev
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"Follows the journey of a young Jewish painter torn between his Hassidic upbringing and his desperate need to fulfill his artistic promise. When his artistic genius threatens to destroy his relationship with his parents and community, young Asher realizes he must make a difficult choice between art and faith."--P. [4] of cover.
270) ¡Buenos días, mundo!
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Una cabecita asoma por debajo de la manta... ¡Es Omer, que ha nacido lleno de fuerza y entusiasmo! ¡Buenos días, mundo! Una tierna historia que narra la creación del mundo en paralelo a los primeros días de vida del pequeño Omer.
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Jewish soul volume disc 3
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Yiddish
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Tevya: Focuses on Khave, one of the daughters of Tevye the Dairyman, who loves a gentile, the son of a Ukrainian peasant. Tevye's paternal affection is placed in direct conflict with his deep commitment to Jewish religious tradition.
The Yiddish King Lear: In Vilna in 1892 a devout Jewish father is angered by his youngest daughter when she rejects an expensive gift. He instead turns his fortune over to the husband of his oldest daughter, with dire...
274) The other son
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A provocative tale, filmed in Israel and the West Bank, of two young men₆one Israeli, the other Palestinian, who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions on themselves and their respective families.
277) Błazen królowej
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Polish
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In 1553, Hannah Green, a young Jewish girl, flees to London to escape the Spanish Inquisition and catches the attention of Robert Dudley, who plans to use her talents for observation and second sight.
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To the outside world, Henry Bernard was a hard-working and beloved family doctor on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Yet he was also a Holocaust survivor whose life was profoundly affected by the experiences of his past. He took extreme steps for his family's security, keeping a rifle near his bedroom and covering up his family's Jewish origin. He was obsessed with paying off debt, the German word for debt being the same as the word for 'guilt'. He kept...
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