The Legacy of William Cooper

$15.00 AUD

Category: Judaica

Yiddish Melbourne Observed by Sender Burstin

$19.99 AUD

Category: Judaica

Standing Up: Jewish Australians Committed to a Better World by Stand Up

$99.00 AUD

Category: Judaica

Standing Up profiles the most inspiring Jewish Australian humanitarians, philanthropists and social justice activists of our time. What drives these outstanding individuals is exposed through a series of intimate interviews and stunning photo portraits. Their uplifting personal stories will leave you i n awe of their passion and dedication to creating a better society and motivated to take up the reigns of social activism. Among the interviewees are Indigenous leaders as well as elders of the Sudanese communities who have also played a role in making Australia a better place for all ...Show more

Growing up Jewish - A Search for Identity by Helen Wolfers

$24.95 AUD

Category: Judaica

The decision to publish this book was partly inspired by a letter from Sigmund Freud, in which he stated: "There were other considerations (apart from anti-Semitism), which made the attractiveness of Judaism and Jews, irresistible - many obscure forces of emotions, all the more powerful the less they we re to be defined in words." Elsewhere Freud went on to say that although he was unable to define these 'obscure inner forces' he was sure that the day would come when they would be identified.'Growing Up Jewish' attempts to delineate and explain at least some of these obscure inner forces. The book begins, in Sydney, Australia with the authors earliest experiences relevant to the development of Jewish identity. It then proceeds to trace this development from her experiences in 3 other countries while working for the United Nations in the field of population control. After retiring in Jerusalem, Israel, the author focuses on the consequences for Jewish identity of the re-establishment of a Jewish national homeland. In conclusion, drawing on the experiences described in the book she proposes a theoretical explanation of this Jewishness which, defying all odds, has survived millennia of homelessness, centuries outside the ghetto walls, and now still persists even outside its own religion. ...Show more

Zachor, I Remember. Will You? - A Collection of Memories by Vera Freidin; Kathy Kaplan OAM (Retold by); Sue Newton (Retold by)

$29.99 AUD

Category: Judaica

We are all born into a story, each with its own plot, characters and settings. For the children of Holocaust survivors, that story is tinged by the fact that their mere existence is a miracle: after all, their parents weren't supposed to live much less procreate.Many second-generation survivors grew up with a stifled and mysterious background. Others grew up with an overflow of traumatic information. Some grew up emotionally and psychologically scarred. Others felt overwhelmed with and by their parents' stories. And yet others again developed coping skills not just from their parents' experiences but also from how those experiences were conveyed to them.Vera Freidin's daughters fall into the latter category. Never hiding the realities of her Holocaust experience, Kathy and Sue's mother conveyed her stories with sensitivity, dignity and, at times, with humour. She instilled in them her positive outlook, her passion for life and learning, and her determination not to just survive but to strive to thrive.In the year leading up to her eighty-fifth birthday, Vera Freidin sat down with her daughters to compile her memoir. Kathy and Sue carefully and lovingly transcribed her stories as she told them: the familiar stories with which they grew up and some new stories they had not previously heard. That exercise, frequently punctuated by awe, tears and laughter led to this book.Vera Freidin and her daughters hope that you will feel, as you read Zachor, I remember. Will you? that she is sitting with you, perhaps enjoying a cup of coffee and a slice of cake, as she personally tells you these stories.Zachor, I remember. Will you? is a collection of memories which describe a determined woman, a kind woman, a highly intelligent woman, an inspirational woman, a woman with a remarkable memory and a woman who, despite having good reason to hate and be bitter, does not know how to hate or be bitter. The woman who is Zachor, I remember. Will you? is a good person: you will like her. ...Show more

Towards the Future - A Memoir by Guta Goldstein

$30.00 AUD

Category: Judaica

In this memoir, Guta Kopel recounts her life from the day of her Liberation, three weeks before the end of World War Two. She was finally free, after six yearsof deprivation and loss. Guta was 15 years old and all alone. It is 1945 and Europe is in chaos with vast population movements and survivors of a ruthless war searching for places to call home. Traumatised Holocaust survivors became displaced persons contemplating their future and trying to find a country that would accept the remnants of European Jewry. After leaving Germany, Guta regained her youthful spirit among the friendly and hospitable Italian people of Florence. Although the life of a displaced person was difficult and transient, she enjoyed living in Italy. She learnt Italian and English and made many good friends. Four and a half long years later she, her cousin Inka with her husband and their two little girls were grantedpermission to emigrate to Australia. Settled in Melbourne, Guta met Ludek Goldstein, the man she was to marry. Ludek was also a Holocaust survivor and a displacedperson in Italy. His painful and distressing story throughthe War is movingly described by Guta. It was in the safety of Melbourne that they embraced anormal life. ...Show more

From the promised Land by Renate

$32.00 AUD

Category: Judaica

In Renate's spellbinding story, we're taken along on an incredible journey of survival that spans three countries and one remarkable life. In sun-soaked pages, Renate shows us life on the kibbutz and how a young country experiences the miracle of statehood. Part of Renate's gift is to give us vibrantly real and intimate glimpses of what it's like to be a young mother, nurse and doting wife during turbulent times and in a strange land. She doesn't sugarcoat, but instead shows us both the pleasures and the perils of her life, including the terrifying time when she and her husband, back in Israel, are separated from their children during the Yom Kippur War. Fearlessly honest in her writing, Renate spares no detail. This outstanding book occasionally breaks the fourth wall, allowing the author to talk with readers and reveal to them how freeing it has been for her to write about the traumas in her life. This boldness and strength of spirit give From the Promised Land to the Lucky Country its shining truth and intimacy. “We are meant to enjoy the earth.” Renate says, and in this moving memoir, we experience a woman who has, despite all the odds, found purpose and peace.– Ellen Tanner MarshNew York Times best-selling author ...Show more

Once in Vienna - The Remarkable Life of Dr Siegmund Defris by Michael Pryles

$34.99 AUD

Category: Judaica

Vienna was a magnificent city in the last decades of the Austrian empire, a glittering centre of culture and opportunity. A young Jewish man from the provinces dreamed of a bright future there. He chose the new field of electricial engineering and became an immediate success. When the First World War br oke out he established and commanded the Electrotechnic Group, providing electric defences for the army and all its electrical services. But the Hapsburg Monarchy fell and two decades later the Nazi German annexation of Austria posed an existential threat. This is the true story of Siegmund Defris, a man who was brilliant in peace and war. ...Show more

Our Crime Was Being Jewish - Hundreds of Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories by Anthony S. Pitch; Michael Berenbaum (Foreword by)

$34.99 AUD

Category: Judaica

The haunting true stories of over 350 Holocaust survivors in their own words. In the shouted words of a woman bound for Auschwitz to a man about to escape from a cattle car, "If you get out, maybe you can tell the story Who else will tell it?" Our Crime Was Being Jewish contains 576 vivid memories of 358 Holocaust survivors. These are the true, insider stories of victims, told in their own words. They include the experiences of teenagers who saw their parents and siblings sent to the gas chambers; of starving children beaten for trying to steal a morsel of food; of people who saw their friends commit suicide to save themselves from the daily agony they endured. The recollections are from the start of the war--the home invasions, the Gestapo busts, and the ghettos--as well as the daily hell of the concentration camps and what actually happened inside. Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and this hefty collection of stories told by its survivors is one of the most important books of our time. It was compiled by award-winning author Anthony S. Pitch, who worked with sources such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to get survivors' stories compiled together and to supplement them with images from the war. These memories must be told and held onto so what happened is documented; so the lives of those who perished are not forgotten--so history does not repeat itself. ...Show more

Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah by Sylvia Rouss

$15.95 AUD

Category: Childrens | Reading Level: Under 6

Sammy's newest adventure finds him knee-deep in honey, and anxious to celebrate the New Year.

Stupid Carrots by David Campbell

$17.99 AUD

Category: Childrens

Betty Bunny REALLY doesnt want carrots for dinner. And shell say and do ANYTHING to get rid of carrots forever! Watch as Betty goes through all the stages of being HANGRY in this hilarious (and very relatable) book by David Campbell.    

There Will Be Tomorrow by Guta Goldstein

$25.00 AUD

Category: Judaica