The Coffee Trader
Set in seventeenth-century Amsterdam, David Liss' novel takes us back to the early days of the Stock Exchange and the birth of modern business. Portuguese Jews flocked to this city, where they could openly practice their religion as well as engage in commerce. But the experience of the Inquisition had also taught these former conversos that ...Full Text

In the Image
The lives of two strangers briefly intersect following a tragic accident. Bill Landsmann is a Holocaust survivor living in New Jersey. When his granddaughter Naomi is killed by a passing car, he reaches out to her best friend, 17-year-old Leora, inviting her to view slides of his many travels to Jewish communities around the world...Full Text