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March 27, 2024

REVIEW: Matzah Ball Blues (Holidays, Heart and Chutzpah Book 2) by Jennifer Wilck

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / Harlequin / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Passover / second chance at love / slow burn2 Comments

Why is this night different from all other nights? For starters, Jared Leiman is home for the holidays. Because though he and Caroline Weiss were high school sweethearts, their postcollege lives took them in different directions. Jared became a big-time entertainment lawyer in LA, while Caroline became a fitness instructor ... more >

October 27, 2023

REVIEW: Anything But Yes : A Novel of Anna Del Monte, Jewish Citizen of Rome, 1749 by Joie Davidow

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1740s / 18th-century / brothers and sisters / Diary / family relationships / Historical / Jewish character / Jewish heroine / Jewish-faith / novelization / religion / Rome2 Comments

Anything but Yes is the true story of a young woman’s struggle to defend her identity in the face of relentless attempts to destroy it. In 1749, eighteen-year-old Anna del Monte was seized at gunpoint from her home in the Jewish ghetto of Rome and thrown into a convent cell ... more >

October 19, 2023

REVIEW: The Forgers by Roger Moorhouse

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsEastern Europe / History / Holocaust / Jewish-faith / non-fiction / Poland / Switzerland / World War IIComments Off on REVIEW: The Forgers by Roger Moorhouse

The secret history of one of the largest—and least-known—rescue operations of World War II Between 1940 and 1943, a group of Polish diplomats in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable—and until now, completely unknown—humanitarian operation. In concert with Jewish activists, they masterminded a systematic program of forging passports and identity ... more >

August 24, 2023

REVIEW: Home for the Challah Days (Holidays, Heart and Chutzpah Book 1) by Jennifer Wilck

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanti-Semitism / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Rosh Hashanah / second chance at love / Yom Kippur6 Comments

Recommended Read

Turning the bitterness of the past… Into a sweet future! When big-city advocate Sarah Abrams returns home for the High Holy Days, she’s got a lot on her mind—especially whether to marry her perfect-on-paper boyfriend. The last person she wants to encounter is Aaron Isaacson, her first love and the ... more >

August 10, 2023

REVIEW: Marry Me by Midnight by Felicia Grossman

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1830s / Cinderella story / gender flip / Historical / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / London2 Comments

London, 1832: Isabelle Lira may be in distress, but she’s no damsel. Since her father’s death, his former partners have sought to oust her from their joint equity business. Her only choice is to marry—and fast—to a powerful ally outside the respected Berab family’s sphere of influence. Only finding the ... more >

June 1, 2023

REVIEW: B’Nai Mitzvah Mistake by Stacey Agdern

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / enemies to lovers / family relationships / Jewish athletes / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Last Girls Standing series2 Comments

Sharing isn’t caring when it comes to your big day. Judith Nachman loves working as a project manager at the Mitzvah Alliance charity, and after five years, it’s finally her turn to have the bat mitzvah of her dreams. Judith is enjoying every single moment of the process—until she learns ... more >

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