Jewish Heritage Month Fiction for Adults

Jewish Heritage Month is celebrated across Canada each May.

Updated March 29, 2025
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All the shining people : stories
Friedman, Kathy
Ebook
Finalist, 2023 Trillium Book Award Finalist, Writers Union of Canada 2023 Daunta Gleed Literary Award Finalist, 2023 ReLit Award for Short Fiction Twelve exquisitely written stories depicting the search for human connection and the attempt to fit in far from home. All...
Daughters of the occupation : a novel of WWII
Sanders, Shelly
Paper Book
Inspired by true events in World War II Latvia, an emotionally charged novel of sacrifice, trauma, resilience, and survival, as witnessed by three generations of women.  On one extraordinary day in 1940, Miriam Talan's comfortable life is shattered. While she gives birth to her second...
Nothing the same, everything haunted : the ballad of Motl the cowboy
Barwin, Gary
Paper Book
A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe after the 1941 Nazi invasion of Lithuania in this wild and witty yet heartrending novel from the bestselling author of Yiddish for Pirates, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize....
Our darkest night : a novel of Italy and the Second World War
Robson, Jennifer
Paper Book
To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer's wife in this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson--a story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice, inspired by true events, that vividly evokes the most perilous days of World War II....
Songs for the brokenhearted : a novel
Tsabari, Ayelet
Paper Book
A young Yemeni Israeli woman learns of her mother's secret romance in a dramatic journey through lost family stories, revealing the unbreakable bond between a mother and a daughter--the debut novel of an award-winning literary voice. "A gorgeous, gripping novel filled with...
You are not what we expected
Ludwig, Sidura
Paper Book
This stunningly intimate collection of stories is an exquisite portrait of a Jewish community--the secular and religious families who inhabit it and the tensions that exist there --that illuminates the unexpected ways we remain connected during times of change. When Uncle Isaac moves back...

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