The Newest Novel
She Came to Listen
She Came to Listen is unlike any book I've written before. It began with a simple question that stayed with me for years.
What if the most important conversations of our lives begin only after we think the story is over? I hope you'll enjoy meeting Abi as much as I enjoyed discovering her.
After the death of her beloved husband, retired journalist and former war correspondent Abi Levine believes the most meaningful chapters of her life have already been written. Then the impossible happens.
An encounter with a centuries-old oak tree forces her to question everything she thought she knew about life, death, love, purpose, and what endures after loss. Certain she cannot tell another soul, Abi returns day after day, caught between believing she is witnessing an inexplicable miracle and fearing she may be losing her grip on reality.
As she revisits a lifetime spent reporting from the front lines of history, Abi discovers that the greatest stories are not always found in world events, but in the quiet moments that shape every human life.
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I Am Meir's Brother
Praise for I Am Meir's Brother
"This book not only chronicles the story of brilliant scientist Eli Huberman and his wife Lily, and that of legendary Mossad Director-General (2002–2010) Meir Dagan as seen through the eyes of his brother Eli; it is also an amazing story of survival and renewal..."
"Immensely readable and flowing... Start to finish, I found the book hard to put down."
— Shulamit Ran, Pulitzer Prize–winning composer
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Clouds Across the Sun
A Story of Intrigue, Discovery, Redemption, and the Search for Truth
Before the end of WWII, Hitler charged a group of his most trusted and brilliant comrades with a mission—educate your progeny and then elevate them to positions of power throughout the world. Steeped in fact and impeccably researched, Clouds Across the Sun is the story of just one of these children.
From Naples, Florida, New York City, and Washington D.C., to Israel and then the killing grounds of Vilnius, Poland (Lithuania) this story is one of great romance, discovery, redemption, and enlightenment as Jo Wells discovers her Jewish soul and unravels the intrigue surrounding a plan to take over the government of the United States.
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And So It Was Written
A Journey Through Faith, Courage, and Ancient History
Reimagining the second century, this historical saga is set in Rome and Israel, where we follow the life of two Jewish brothers. Livel is a brilliant scholar. Captured in Judea and enslaved in Rome he becomes the tutor for the sons of an aristocratic family.
One student becomes his friend and the other his archenemy. Admired and respected, Livel is chosen as an apprentice to the greatest physician in the empire. Yet, despite his achievements, despite his falling in love, he never stops longing for his homeland and his people.
In Judea, his brother, joins the Bar Kockba revolt. In this period of history, the Jews defeat the mighty Roman army and rule Israel for three glorious years. Masabala is chosen for a sacred and holy mission¾unearth the Ark of the Covenant that holds the Ten Commandments. From triumph to defeat, this is a story of courage, conquest, familial loyalty, honor and love.
Steeped in mystical spirituality and wonder, it is also a story that peers into the darkest abyss, showing man at his best and at his worst.
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The Wondering Jew
A Personal Journey of Faith, Discovery, and Understanding
It all began with a promise: a promise I made to my father, a promise that led me on a journey into the heart and soul of Judaism. The result is this book, filled with intensely personal stories that helped me unlock some of the complicated teachings that make Judaism such a difficult religion to understand.
The reader will learn, the basics of the Jewish religion. You will laugh, you will cry, you will question as you are challenged to contemplate the mysteries of Judaism: angels and reincarnation, reward, and punishment, good and evil. I hope you will join me on this journey of discovery and wonder.
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Hearts of Fire
Why Hearts of Fire is Being Re-born
Shadowing the lives of two families, Hearts of Fire begins with the Milch twins. Raised in Berlin, Germany, Otto and Ilya are classic products of poverty and abuse. Brilliant, handsome and despotic, Otto maneuvers his way into the twisted bowels of the Nazi inner circle.
Simultaneously, we follow the live of Morgan Rabinowiszch. Born into a pious Jewish family in Vilna, Poland, she is a gifted and exceptionally beautiful girl. Determined to become an actress, she makes the momentous decision to break with the traditions of her faith.
From pre-war Paris to post-war Russia, from the malaria-infested swamps of Israel to the greed-filled corridors of modern Washington, this historical saga is a story of duplicity and outrage, courage, determination, love and triumph.
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