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2010 Sydney Taylor Book Award, Notable Book for Older Readers

The tale of Rashi s granddaughter, a young girl who defies her community to help a friend in need. In this sequel to My Guardian Angel, Sylvie Weil continues the story of Elvina, the 14-year-old granddaughter of Rashi, the famous 11th-century French Bible and Talmud commentator. It is the spring of 1097 in the town of Troyes, in France. The Crusaders have been marauding their way through Europe, attacking Jewish communities. One evening, a mysterious family arrives in Troyes German Jews forced by the Crusaders...

Translated from the French by Benjamin Ivry, Simone Weil was one of the twentieth century s most original philosopher-critics, and as a result her legacy has been claimed by many. This memoir by Weil s niece is strong-willed and incisive and as close as we are likely to get to the real Simone Weil. Born into a freethinking Jewish family, Weil contributed many articles to Socialist and Communist journals and was active in the Spanish Civil War until her health failed.
In 1940 she became strongly attracted to Roman Catholicism and the Passion of Christ. Most of her works, published...