{"title":"Jewish Books Catalogue","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-violin-lover","title":"The Violin Lover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Jewish London in the 1930s, Susan Glickman’s \u003ci\u003eThe Violin Lover\u003c\/i\u003e is written against the backdrop of Hitler’s escalating campaign against the Jews. This beautifully written novel tells the story of Clara Weiss and Ned Abraham, “the violin lover,” brought together by Clara’s 11-year-old son, Jacob. A successful doctor and amateur violinist, Ned is pressured to practice a duet with Jacob by the boy’s piano teacher. Though reluctant at first, Ned is charmed by the young prodigy and surprised by Jacob’s dedication and passion for music. In him Ned sees his younger self, so young and full of promise. A friendship is soon built on a mutual love for music. A dinner invitation to spend Passover with the Weiss family seals Ned’s fate and a clandestine love affair begins. Although they both agree that no one must ever know — especially not Clara’s family — their affair inevitably comes to a crashing end, with disastrous, life-altering consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnfolding like a melody, \u003ci\u003eThe Violin Lover\u003c\/i\u003e is infused with music and told in three voices.  It is a powerful novel about the love one feels for family, friends, culture, faith and music, and the passion that comes with it — regardless of the outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003eBorn to Canadians living in Baltimore, MD, Susan Glickman has lived in Montreal, England, the United States, and Greece, and travelled across Europe, Asia, and America before settling in Toronto. She has worked in bookstores, in publishing, and as an English professor at the University of Toronto. Known for her lithe, rich poetry and brilliant literary criticism, Glickman is the author of eight critically acclaimed poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eRunning in Prospect Cemetery: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. Her critical study, \u003ci\u003eThe Picturesque and the Sublime: Poetics of the Canadian Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, won both the Gabrielle Roy Prize and the Raymond Klibansky Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAwards\u003c\/h3\u003eWinner: Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Violin Lover\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully written novel, one that fans of violin music, as well as readers of serious literary fiction, will particularly appreciate.\" — Violinist.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dividing the novel into three parts, Glickman masterfully structures \u003ci\u003eThe Violin Lover\u003c\/i\u003e in sonata form, mirroring and reflecting the musical narrative themes that underpin the book ... Glickman's mastery and maturity are evident in \u003ci\u003eThe Violin Lover\u003c\/i\u003e. Its final moments are as moving and inevitable as the flow of music toward its conclusion. Readers will be richly rewarded by the beauty and power of her artistry.\" — \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e242 pages\u003cbr\u003ePub date: March 17, 2006\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Susan Glickman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;9780864924339\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;$22.95","offer_id":31760085582,"sku":"9780864924339","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1403\/7679\/files\/336_9579d162-524d-4c36-82fb-d29d442ecf11.jpg?v=1785917147"},{"product_id":"the-violin-lover-ebook","title":"The Violin Lover (eBOOK)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Jewish London in the 1930s, Susan Glickman’s \u003ci\u003eThe Violin Lover\u003c\/i\u003e is written against the backdrop of Hitler’s escalating campaign against the Jews. This beautifully written novel tells the story of Clara Weiss and Ned Abraham, “the violin lover,” brought together by Clara’s 11-year-old son, Jacob. A successful doctor and amateur violinist, Ned is pressured to practice a duet with Jacob by the boy’s piano teacher. Though reluctant at first, Ned is charmed by the young prodigy and surprised by Jacob’s dedication and passion for music. In him Ned sees his younger self, so young and full of promise. A friendship is soon built on a mutual love for music. A dinner invitation to spend Passover with the Weiss family seals Ned’s fate and a clandestine love affair begins. Although they both agree that no one must ever know — especially not Clara’s family — their affair inevitably comes to a crashing end, with disastrous, life-altering consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnfolding like a melody, \u003ci\u003eThe Violin Lover\u003c\/i\u003e is infused with music and told in three voices.  It is a powerful novel about the love one feels for family, friends, culture, faith and music, and the passion that comes with it — regardless of the outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003eBorn to Canadians living in Baltimore, MD, Susan Glickman has lived in Montreal, England, the United States, and Greece, and travelled across Europe, Asia, and America before settling in Toronto. She has worked in bookstores, in publishing, and as an English professor at the University of Toronto. Known for her lithe, rich poetry and brilliant literary criticism, Glickman is the author of eight critically acclaimed poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eRunning in Prospect Cemetery: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Readers will be richly rewarded by the beauty and power of her artistry.\" — \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e242 pages\u003cbr\u003ePub date: November 1, 2010\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Susan Glickman","offers":[{"title":"ePub\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;9780864926012\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;$19.95","offer_id":36837227790,"sku":"9780864926012","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1403\/7679\/files\/336.jpg?v=1782380850"},{"product_id":"glitter-and-gloom-eclat-et-obscurite-english-french","title":"Glitter and Gloom\/Éclat et obscurité","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKashetsky documents domestic life, street life, urban landscapes, nature, and the stories of Holocaust survivors in his affecting, meditative work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerzl Kashetsky’s rich, multi-layered works are deep explorations of the human condition. His meticulously rendered portraits, still lifes, and landscapes are intense explorations of identity and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis profusely illustrated book features more than 150 drawings selected from Kashetsky’s 119 sketchbooks, ranging from portraits to landscapes, from streetscapes to interiors, from circles to lines to words that fly through the universe. Accompanying the drawings are essays by art writer and Blake critic Allen Bentley about Kashetsky’s use of \"the bounding line\" as an aesthetic instrument for constructing and deconstructing reality, psychiatrist Ivan Silver about the artist’s lifelong work depicting human emotion through facial expression and his varied studies of the human form, and former director and curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Terry Graff on Kashetsky’s self-portraits as meditations on mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKashetsky documente la vie domestique, la vie de rue, les paysages urbains, la nature et les histoires des survivants de l'Holocauste dans son travail méditant et émouvant.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLes œuvres riches et multicouches de Herzl Kashetsky sont des explorations profondes de la condition humaine. 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Accompagnant les dessins sont des essais par l'écrivain d'art et critique Blake Allen Bentley sur l'utilisation par Kashetsky de \"la ligne de demarcation\" comme instrument esthétique pour construire et déconstruire la réalité, le psychiatre Ivan Silver sur le travail de l'artiste tout au long de la vie dépeignant l'émotion humaine à travers l'expression faciale et ses études variées de la forme humaine, et ancien directeur et conservateur de la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook Terry Graff sur les autoportraits de Kashetsky comme méditations sur la mortalité.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerry Graff is a visual artist, curator, and writer. He has served as Director and Chief Curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton and the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. 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With the steadiness of a daily spiritual practice, the short sections gather and explore, and what accrues is a powerful, transformative sensitivity that both haunts and inspires.” — Adam Sol, author of \u003ci\u003eBroken Dawn Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Scattered lament stalled in depression, seared anew with love’s joy, Trainor contends with the fierceness of constant change. Now the I Ching says of \u003ci\u003eA thin fire runs through me\u003c\/i\u003e: 49. Ko\/ Revolution (Molting) becoming 58. Tui\/The Joyous, Lake.” — Jane Munro, author of \u003ci\u003eFalse Creek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With deft precision in form and content, Trainor has crafted a delicate, determined force. An unabashedly political text of and for this time, every line in the book hums with erotic reflection, ecological mourning, contemplative loss, and unfaltering resilience. 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Relying on archival documents and photographs from communities across the country, Kurelek foregrounded the role of tradition, community, and family at the core of the Jewish experience in mid-twentieth century Canada. He portrayed Prairie farm colonies; businesses and schools in Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg; and celebrations of festivals and community events at home and in the synagogue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Kurelek: Jewish Life in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e includes essays by McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Milroy considering Kurelek’s articulation of the Canadian ideal of multiculturalism and by Executive Director Ian A.C. Dejardin exploring Kurelek’s distinctive framing strategies. The book also includes pieces by David S. Koffman on Jewish life in 1970s Canada and John Geoghegan on Kurelek’s use of photographic sources, as well as an artistic response by Ukrainian Canadian artist Natalka Husar. 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Who was she, and what had happened to her family?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, Maria’s story came to the attention of Stanley Diamond. Diamond was the founder of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, one of the largest databases of Jewish vital records and a crucial tool in researching the stories of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engrossing story, Amy Fish shows how Diamond and an intrepid band of international volunteers compared photographs with genealogical records and smuggled DNA tests to provide Maria with family ties that she thought were lost to her forever. A tale of unexpected coincidences, astonishing revelations, and more than a little luck, \u003ci\u003eOne in Six Million\u003c\/i\u003e is an amazing story of lost — and found — identity.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h3\u003eAmy Fish is the author of two previous books of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Complaining Effectively\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Wanted Fries with That: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCanadian Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e. She has taught writing workshops for the Canadian Creative Non-Fiction Collective, the University of King’s College, and the Quebec Writers’ Federation. She lives in Montréal where she works as the Ombudsperson at Concordia University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReviews\u003c\/h3\u003e“Upbeat stories to emerge out of the Holocaust are few and far between. This one by Amy Fish is not just uplifting, it is also thorough, well-crafted, and entertaining. To \u003ci\u003eOne in Six Million\u003c\/i\u003e, I say Yes!” — Ken McGoogan, author of \u003ci\u003eShadows of Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOne in Six Million\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning achievement that interlaces the dark shadows of the Holocaust with the redemptive light of discovery. Through the lives of Maria, the survivor seeking her roots, and Stanley, the man who dedicated his life to unravelling genealogical mysteries, Fish crafts a narrative that is both heartbreaking and inspiring. With her impeccable storytelling and keen emotional insight, Fish takes readers on a journey that underscores the resilience of the human spirit and the power of connection. This book is a poignant reminder of the importance of understanding history to pave the way for a brighter future.” — Sarah Einstein, author of the \u003ci\u003eWriting Family Histories\u003c\/i\u003e Substack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkable and riveting true story, expertly researched and recounted. Along the way, the brilliant Amy Fish offers a crash course in Jewish genealogy and a powerful reminder of the human connections that unite us all.” — Stephanie Butnick, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Newish Jewish Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“... this is an inspiring book brimming with hope and with the generosity of people from all over the world, coming together, without any compensation but a \u003ci\u003emitzvah\u003c\/i\u003e — a good deed — chalked up to their name ...” — \u003ci\u003eThe Seaboard Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Carefully researched and documented, Fish has brought together important stories about the reunification of family, the selfless dedication involved in the creation of important research tools, and the connectedness of all individuals who struggle to find meaning and purpose in their lives. 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The couple picked up Maria and raised her, but she grew up longing for identity and connection. Who was she, and what had happened to her family?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, Maria’s story came to the attention of Stanley Diamond. Diamond was the founder of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland, one of the largest databases of Jewish vital records and a crucial tool in researching the stories of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engrossing story, Amy Fish shows how Diamond and an intrepid band of international volunteers compared photographs with genealogical records and smuggled DNA tests to provide Maria with family ties that she thought were lost to her forever. 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