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Marjorie Morgenstern is nineteen years old when she is offered the job of her dreams working in a summer stock company for Noel Airman, its talented and intensley charismatic director.Released from th esocial constraints of her old-fasghioned New York Jewish family, and thrown into the glorious, colorful world of theatrican invention, Marjorie finds herself entangled in a powerful affair with the man destined to become the greatest- and the most destructive-...

In 1882, ten-year-old Emma and her family, along with other Russian Jewish immigrants, arrive in Cotopaxi, Colorado, where they face inhospitable conditions as they attempt to start an agricultural colony, and lonely Emma is comforted by the horse whose life she saved.

A Jewish American girl discusses her faith, traditions, heritage, food, history, and pride in her identity.

A boy named Sam, a girl named Charlie, and Charlie's sister Sam become neighbors and friends.

In rural Minnesota in 1938, Hannah, a young orthodox Jewish girl, deals with being the new girl in class.

A young girl's family is part of a Yiddish theater performance group.

Sam and Charlie and Charlie's sister, Sam Too, play in the snow, plant trees, celebrate Jewish holidays, and make new friends.

Rebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York City in 1902, almost abandons her dream of getting an education when she is forced to work in a sweatshop.

In 1859, during the Pike's Peak gold rush, at least 12 Jews joined the great migration to Colorado in search of gold and a brighter future. The unpredictability of mining and a growing demand for supplies encouraged many of these Jewish settlers to establish small businesses in Denver and in towns and mining camps across the state. By the early 1870s, Jewish benevolent societies and a congregation were established. Denver's dry, mild climate attracted...