Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish

The Life of Meyer    by Richard Alan
Price: $1.99 USD. 76780 words. Language: English. Published on February 25, 2013. Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas.

When childhood sweethearts are separated by personal tragedy and the Vietnam War, they must overcome feelings of fear and doubt while trying to heal each other or face a future of loneliness and separation in this compelling story of family, life, love and relationships.
Come With Me From Jerusalem    by Kamal Abdel Malek
Price: $4.99 USD. 79640 words. Language: English. Published on February 19, 2013. Fiction » Romance » Contemporary.

Come with Me from Jerusalem tells the story of Sami, the first Egyptian student in Israel, who falls in love with Jewish classmate Lital. Sami’s life is shattered when he finds himself arrested and tried for the murder of a Tel Aviv call girl. Only a miracle can save him from a certain life sentence as he and Lital come together, offering hope for reconciliation and a shared future.
New Israel    by Eric Maisel
Price: $2.99 USD. 57760 words. Language: English. Published on January 23, 2013. Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense.

Follow David Cohen from the moment he survives a suicide bombing in Jerusalem to that fateful day when he steps foot onto the island that will become New Israel. Live the epic adventure that may foreshadow world headlines! Don't miss this utopian thriller with its big, bold vision for a MidEast solution. “A great book for our difficult day.”—Pedro Angel Palou, The Imposter
לאמריקה ובחזרה    by Mordechai Landsberg
Price: $2.50 USD. 72520 words. Language: Hebrew. Published on January 16, 2013. Fiction » Classics.

נחומיק בן העשר, המתגורר עם אמו האלמנה, עובר את חוויות מלחמת תש"ח במושבה, שבה משפחות רבות מאבדות את יקיריהן בקרָבות. לפני המלחמה התחבר הילד עם צעיר מקסים, נמרץ ומלא תשוקה, שלימד אותו לרכב על סוס. פעם הוא מביאוֹ לביתו- ואמו מנהלת עם הבחור פרשת אהבים קצרה, טרם יציאתו לקרב לטרון, שממנו הוא אינו חוזר... עדוּת השכול נספגת בנשמתו של הילד. התקרבות אמו אל אביו האלמן של המאהב הגבור- נתקלת בהתנגדות הילד
The Virtual Kibbutz    by Ellis Shuman
Price: $2.99 USD. 81060 words. Language: English. Published on December 23, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.

In this debut collection of stories, you will be introduced to the kibbutz—Israel's unique, egalitarian, social, democratic experience—as it struggles to adapt to new realities. Is the modern kibbutz still guided by its founders' dreams and beliefs or is it an idea that has lost its way? These stories tell of the changes and dilemmas facing the kibbutz and of those who call the kibbutz their home.
The Banished Heart    by Libi Astaire
Price: $5.99 USD. 62990 words. Language: English. Published by Aster Press  on December 23, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish.

Paul Hoffmann, a young German Jew, dreams of a literary career. But since the year is 1933, his life takes a very different turn — back to Elizabethan England, where William Shakespeare is writing The Merchant of Venice. As Shakespeare vacillates between loyalty to a Jewish friend and pleasing his public to further his career, both he and Hoffmann are forced to confront some unpleasant truths.
Don't Tell Anyone    by Laurie Boris
Price: $2.99 USD. 65830 words. Language: English. Published on December 2, 2012. Fiction » Women's fiction » General.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Estelle Trager would rather die outright than suffer from the breast cancer that devastated her mother. So when her own tumors are revealed, she asks her daughter-in-law, Liza, to kill her. Horrified, Liza refuses, but keeps the secret, and other things, from her angry husband. Can she convince Estelle to consider other options before cancer, secrets, and Estelle’s suicidal intentions win out?
As Though Everything Depended On Me    by Trevor Steele
Price: $4.95 USD. 103670 words. Language: English. Published by Mirador Publishing  on October 30, 2012. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish.

Journalists, if they are honest and capable, are among the strongest guardians of democracy. No tyranny can tolerate them, no democracy can function without them. For this reason they are among the most endangered people on our planet. In the tumultuous period of German history between the World Wars a brave journalist, had to oppose all forms of chauvinism, especially the rising tide of Nazism.
You Shoulda Been There    by Gerald M Siegel
Price: $9.95 USD. 78000 words. Language: English. Published on September 25, 2012. Nonfiction » Relationships and Family » Family relationships.

YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE is a book of imaginative and often very funny stories about Jewish life in Brooklyn, Minnesota, Israel and lands of the imagination. These wonderfully written stories are part-memoir, part-fiction, and all engaging.
Harvey Shmidlap Seeks the Perfect Cheesecake    by Eugene Shafir
Price: $4.99 USD. 98780 words. Language: English. Published on September 2, 2012. Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy.

Distilled from Polish peasant stock Harvey Shmidlap is only destined for greatness in terms of his belt size. But he has a half baked plan to achieve fame. When the Eponymous Food Association, the international body for naming foods, tastes his mother's cheesecake, the name Shmidlap will live forever on people's lips! Harvey's hilarious quest to get the recipe from his mother is a delicious tale.