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Jewish Heritage Month books

Books by and on Jewish Canadians

A reading list of poetry, fiction and nonfiction by Canadians of Jewish descent.

None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933–1948 By Irving Abella and Harold Troper Foreword by Richard Menkis Afterword by David S. Koffman

None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-48

Abella, Irving and Troper, Harold
University of Toronto Press, September 2023

The Marriage Box by Corie Adjimi

The Marriage Box

Adjmi, Corie
She Writes Press, May 2023

Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted by Gary Barwin

Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted

Barwin, Gary
Penguin Random House (Canada), April 2021

This One Because of the Dead by Laure Baudot

This One Because of the Dead

Baudot, Laurie
Cormorant Books, April 2019

Faces in the Crowd: The Jews of Canada by Franklin Bialystok

Faces in the Crowd: The Jews of Canada

Bialystok, Franklin
University of Toronto Press, June 2022

The Ever-Dying People?: Canada’s Jews in Comparative Perspective Edited by Robert Brym and Randal F. Schnoor

The Ever-Dying People?

Brym, Robert and Schnoor, Randal F.
University of Toronto Press, March 2023

Kingdom of Night: Witnesses to the Holocaust By Mark Celinscak

Kingdom of Night: Witnesses to the Holocaust

Celinscak, Mark
University of Toronto Press, January 2022

Survivors - Children's Lives After the Holocaust by Rebecca Clifford

Survivors - Children's Lives After the Holocaust

Clifford, Rebecca
Yale University Press, June 2022

Flawed by Andrea Dorfman

Flawed

Dorfman, Andrea
Firefly Books, August 2017

By Chance Alone by Max Eisen

By Chance Alone

Eisen, Max
HarperCollins Publishers, 2016

The Student by Cary Fagan

The Student

Fagan, Cary
Freehand Books, May 2019

All the Shining People by Kathy Friedman

All the Shining People

Friedman, Kathy
House of Anansi, April 2022

Who by Fire by Matti Friedman

Who by Fire

Friedman, Matti
Penguin Random House (Canada), March 2022

Class Mom by Laurie Gelman

Class Mom

Gelman, Laurie
Macmillan Publishers, July 2018

The Power of Teamwork by Dr. Brian Goldman

The Power of Teamwork

Goldman, Brian
HarperCollins Publishers, April 2022

Justice in Lyon: Klaus Barbie and France’s First Trial for Crimes against Humanity By Richard J. Golsan

Justice in Lyon

Golsan, Richard J.
University of Toronto Press, July 2022

At the Strangers' Gate by Adam Gopnik

At the Strangers' Gate

Gopnik, Adam
Penguin Random House (Canada)/Brigitte Lacombe/Vintage, July 2018

Black Foam by Haji Jabir Trans Sawad Hussain and Marcia Lynx Qualey

Black Foam

Haji, Jabir
Translated by Sawad Hussain and Marcia Lynx Qualey

Amazon Publishing, February 2023

Not One of These Poems is About You by Teva Harrison

Not One of These Poems is About You

Harrison, Teva
House of Anansi Press, January 2020

Masters of Silence by Kathy Kacer

Masters of Silence

Kacer, Kathy
Annick Press, March 2019

Kiss the Red Stairs by Marsha Lederman

Kiss the Red Stairs

Lederman, Marsha
Penguin Random House (Canada), August 2023

Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End by Liz Levine

Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End

Levine, Liz
Simon & Schuster, January 2020

Tiny Lights for Travellers by Naomi K. Lewis

Tiny Lights for Travellers

Lewis, Naomi K.
University of Alberta Press, May 2019

You Are Not What We Expected by Sidura Ludwig

You Are Not What We Expected

Ludwig, Sidura
House of Anansi Press, May 2020

Dead Mom Walking by Rachel Matlow

Dead Mom Walking

Matlow, Rachel
Penguin Random House (Canada), July 2022

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

McBride, James
Penguin Random House (Canada), August 2023

The Wagers by Sean Michaels

The Wagers

Michaels, Sean
Penguin Random House (Canada), April 2021

Handwringers by Sarah Mintz

Handwringers

Mintz, Sarah
Radiant Press, May 2021

The Listener by Irene Oore

The Listener

Oore, Irene
University of Regina Press, September 2019

I Am My Beloveds by Jonathan Papernick

I Am My Beloveds

Papernick, Jonathan
Story Plant, March 2022

Radiant Shards by Ruth Panofsky

Radiant Shards

Panofsky, Ruth
Inanna Publications, April 2020

Heroes in My Head

Heroes in My Head

Rebick, Judy
House of Anansi Press, April 2018

Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson

Our Darkest Night

Robson, Jennifer
HarperCollins Publishers, January 2021

The Sleep of Apples by Ami Sands Brodoff

The Sleep of Apples

Sands Brodoff, Ami
Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series, September 2021

But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust Edited by Charlotte Schallié

But I Live-Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust

Schallié, Charlotte
University of Toronto Press, May 2022

Broken Dawn Blessings by Adam Sol

Broken Dawn Blessings

Sol, Adam
ECW Press Inc., September 2021

Rue des Rosiers by Rhea Tregebov

Rue des Rosiers

Tregebov, Rhea
Coteau Books/Wolsak & Wynn, August 2021

The Art of Leaving by Ayelet Tsabari

The Art of Leaving

Tsabari, Ayelet
HarperCollins Publishers, February 2020

Jewish Heritage Month

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