On September 15, 2008, Julie Wasserman’s life collapsed. In the morning, she lost her job at Lehman Brothers. That afternoon, she lost her twin brother, Jack, in a car crash. A year and a half later, she returns home to Pittsburgh to start a new job and live up to a pledge to visit her brother’s grave every day. With six weeks to wait before the start of the new job, she steps out of character and purchases a plane ticket to Thailand, the one place her brother dreamed of visiting. She arrives in … [Read more...] about FEATURED BOOK: Jerusalem Stone by Susan Sofayov
A Time for Vengeance by Nathaniel Wyckoff
Simon Mendez has an anger problem, and he’s about to unleash his fury on the Spanish Inquisition. The Mendez family is on top of the world. An upper-class family in 17th century Spain, they live a secret life – outwardly Catholic by all accounts, but desperately worried that, someday, someone will discover the Jewish traditions that they practice behind closed doors. Everything comes crashing down when the Inquisition arrests Simon's father. Incensed, Simon must retaliate with everything he’s … [Read more...] about A Time for Vengeance by Nathaniel Wyckoff
The Genesis of Revelation: Secrets of the Bible Revealed and a Case for Reformation by Aerik Vondenburg
The Genesis of Revelation exposes the secrets of the Bible. The ground-breaking findings reveal that almost everything that is known about the Bible, God, and Jesus, has been based upon an astonishing misunderstanding. According to Jesus, the primary underlying message of his teachings was "hidden" from those who were not ready to know the truth (Mark 4:22; Luke 19:42). This special knowledge is related to what is referred to in the Old Testament as the "secret things" of the Lord (Deuteronomy … [Read more...] about The Genesis of Revelation: Secrets of the Bible Revealed and a Case for Reformation by Aerik Vondenburg
Interview with Author – Tyler Rebik
About Tyler Rebik: I started writing when I was eight years old. I first self-published when I was fifteen and haven't stopped since. I was born in Texarkana, TX; graduated from Haworth High School in Haworth, OK; and graduated from Great Commission Bible College with a Bachelor of Theology. I have published 12 short novels, 5 poetry collections, a collection of short stories and I wrote the introduction to a compilation of prayers by Rabbi Rocky Grossman. What inspires you to … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Tyler Rebik
Echo from Mount Royal by Dave Riese
Montreal, 1951. Rebecca Wiseman, 18 years old, from a Catholic-Jewish family, lives with her parents in Outremont. At a local dance, she briefly meets a handsome young man, but has little hope of seeing him again. When Sol Gottesman tracks her down and asks her on a date, her joy mingles with disbelief when she learns he is the son of a wealthy Westmount businessman. Echo from Mount Royal begins as a coming-of-age story, fulfilling the romantic dreams of a young woman. When Sol takes her in a … [Read more...] about Echo from Mount Royal by Dave Riese
Interview with Author – Mel Goldberg
About Mel Goldberg: After earning an advanced degree in literature, I taught literature and writing in California, Illinois, Arizona. I was fortunate to be selected as a Fulbright Exchange Teacher to teach for one year at Stanground College in Cambridgeshire, England. I studied Irish poetry at Cambridge in evenings and weekends. I quite my teaching position and moved to Sedona, Arizona, for its unlit streets, brilliant night skies, and high desert living and to complete writing my first novel. … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Mel Goldberg
Interview with Author – Dave Riese
About Dave Riese: Born in 1946, I grew up in Arlington, Massachusetts, graduating from Arlington High School in 1964. I attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, majoring in English literature. During my junior year, I studied English Literature at Oxford University and travelled in Europe. After graduating in 1968, I enlisted in the Air Force one step ahead of my draft board's invitation to join the army and travel to Vietnam. I married Susan, my high school girlfriend, during leave … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Dave Riese
Jo Joe by Sally Wiener Grotta
As a child, Judith Ormand was the only Black — and the only Jew — in a small insular Pennsylvania mountain village where she was raised by her white Christian grandparents. Now, she must reluctantly break her vow to never return to the town she learned to hate. During her one week visit, she buries and mourns her beloved grandmother, is forced to deal with the white boy who cruelly broke her heart, and is menaced by an old enemy. But with her traumatic discovery of a long buried secret, Judith … [Read more...] about Jo Joe by Sally Wiener Grotta
The Heart’s Melody by Chava Epstein
The Heart's Melody is one of the Love Stories series Barefoot Heart. (The other romance is A Hidden Spring) The Heart's Melody is the story of Noa, a mature Israeli Jewish woman in her fifties, who, in order to understand the miracle of life, allows the unexpected to happen. She is developing a complex romantic relationship with Amar, a young Arab man of twenty-eight, who she meets at an empowerment and self-awareness course. In this relationship Noa finds her inner voice that had been … [Read more...] about The Heart’s Melody by Chava Epstein
A Second Life: A journey into traditional Judaism by TIna Metzer for Walter Orenstein
This book is bargain priced from 07/14/2014 until 07/21/2014 John Bergman is a successful Jewish attorney, married to Ronni Katz a licensed dietician, and father to Betty. He was never given a Jewish education. His father, a disgruntled Holocaust survivor, was angry with God for being silent during the Holocaust, and determined to strip himself and his family of any connection to his birth religion. Faced with a life threatening illness, John makes a promise to God that if he recovers he will … [Read more...] about A Second Life: A journey into traditional Judaism by TIna Metzer for Walter Orenstein
Interview with Author – Java Davis
Author Bio: Retired after 15 years in marketing/advertising. Bachelors and graduate work in English, Linguistic Studies, and History of Type. What inspires you to write? Insomnia. Tell us about your writing process. It seems to be different each time, and for each different genre. My historical fiction novel Depression Carpenter was a story that I wished I had lived myself during the years of The Great Depression. In essence, I was telling my own story as I wished it was. My two … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Java Davis
Book Excerpt: Jew in Jail by Gary Goldstein
About your Book: Jew in Jail is about the nearly six years I spent in various New York State prisons for robbery, based on my past addictions to alcohol, drugs and gambling. It details all of the trails and tribulations I experienced as a minority behind bars, and how I was forced to fend for myself while incarcerated. Jew in Jail is truthful, insightful, educational, and at times even funny, all the while focusing on my attempts at rehabilitation from my past addictions, so that I … [Read more...] about Book Excerpt: Jew in Jail by Gary Goldstein
