The Weight of Ink - Rachel Kadish Ilya schor Hédi Fried was nineteen when

Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis snatched her family from their home in Eastern Europe and transported them to Auschwitz

Embroidered kippah designed and manufactured by the Jerusalem Judaica artist Yair Emanuel

Paul Gero recalls his childhood growing up as the some of a shammes in the tiny town of Turdossin

Against a backdrop of history too large to pacify

in spite of everything

The Weight of Ink - Rachel Kadish Ilya schor Hédi Fried was nineteen whenWinner of a National Jewish Book Award A USA Today Bestseller Set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: Ester Velasquez, an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history. When Helen is summoned by a former student to view a