Ellen Brazer is an award-winning author, and the recipient of Hadassah’s prestigious Myrtle Wreath Award, an award previously won by the late Mia Angelou. Her book Clouds Across the Sun was chosen at the Cannes Film Festival in France as a preproduction selection, and is being made into a movie by Film Bridge International. Hearts of Fire is the prequel and extended version of Clouds Across the Sun, the award-winning novel soon to be a major motion picture.
Hearts of Fire:
Shadowing the lives of two families, Hearts of Fire begins with the Milch Twins. Raised in Berlin, Germany, they are classic products of poverty and abuse. Brilliant, handsome and despotic, one twin maneuvers his way into the twisted bowels of the Nazi inner circle. Simultaneously, we follow the life of a girl born into a pious Jewish family in Vilna, Poland. Gifted, beautiful and determined to become an actress, she makes the momentous decision to break with the traditions of her faith to pursue her dream. 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, termination, love and triumph.
Clouds Across the Sun
The book is the recipient of Hadassah’s prestigious Myrtle Wreath Award, an award previously won by Maya Angelou. The book was chosen at the Cannes Film Festival in France as a preproduction selection and is being made into a movie by Film Bridge International. http://goo.gl/ODsC4Q
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. Clouds Across the Sun Summary: 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.
And So It Was Written
premiered as a bestseller on Amazon under Jewish Literature. http://goo.gl/TGLPW
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, Masabala blames himself for Livel’s capture. His anger all consuming, he joins the Bar Kockba revolt. In this period of history, the Jews defeat the mighty Roman army and rule Israel for three glorious years. An exceptional and revered commander, Masabala is chosen for a sacred and holy missionunearth 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.
The Wondering Jew, My Journey into Judaism https://goo.gl/trVSeM Available in Audio version on Audible.com, iTunes and Amazon: goo.gl/VsYAr8
The Wondering Jew, My Journey into Judaism: 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, in a very unique way, the basics of the Jewish religion: Torah, Hebrew Bible, the holidays and the traditions. 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.
I Am Meir's Brother https://www.shorturl.at/asN06
I Am Meir’s brother is a biography of the celebrated research scientist, Eliezer (Eli) Huberman, and the relationship he had with his Israeli spymaster brother, Meir (Huberman) Dagan. In order to grasp the influences that turn ordinary people into extraordinary people, the story begins with Eli and Meir’s parents. The family, including two-year-old Eli, escape from Poland and the Nazi extermination in 1941, only to find themselves entrapped in the frozen tundra of a Russian work camp. Through resilience, ingenuity and determination that would be passed down to their sons, the parents survive. Meir is born at the end of the war on the family’s way back to Poland, where they are greeted with devastation and derision. By the time they finally book passage to the newly formed State of Israel, their Zionist father has firmly instilled in the psyches of his sons a fervent commitment to a Jewish homeland. Eli excels as a gifted and exceptional student. He serves in the IDF, participates in the various wars, receives a master’s degree in microbiology and a PhD, and draws international attention for his published papers on cancer research. Upon meeting Lily Ginzburg, a life-long love affair begins. A child prodigy pianist from Lithuania and the descendant of survivors, the book examines her family’s life during the war and the impact it has on her. She becomes the bedrock of Eli’s existence, birthing and raising two sons, while shielding and protecting her husband from daily distractions. Eli’s demeanor, insightfulness and genius would open doors into the rarefied corridors of the greatest research institutions in Israel, America and the world. Every day of his life is spent searching for cures, unraveling mysteries, sailing another unchartered course, each step, deliberate and insightful. There are incalculable successes and heartbreaking failures, accolades and dismissals. Through it all, he never quits and never stops believing in the unbelievable.
While Eli devotes himself to science, his younger brother, Meir Huberman Dagan, dedicates his life to the State of Israel. A zealot like his father, Meir rises through the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces, eventually becoming a Major General. He is appointed Director of the Mossad, the National Intelligence Agency in Israel. A hero known as the King of Shadows, Meir is disappointed when his brother leaves Israel for America. Knowing he is unable to protect Eli and his family from the possibility of a retaliatory assassination attempt, Meir resolves to keep their familial relationship a secret. As proud as he was of Eli, it was not until the end of his illustrious life that Meir definitively acknowledges that he has a brother. The title of this book is Eli’s way of telling the world how honored he is to say, I Am Meir’s Brother.
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