Shanghai Sukkah

What a wonderful friendship story! This is a lovely book, and perfect for readers looking for a good friendship story. It’s also a good introduction to Holocaust studies. One of the two main characters, Marcus, and his parents are among those who moved from Berlin/Nazi occupied Europe to Shanghai in......more

When Marcus and his family must leave Berlin in the years before World War II, the young Jewish boy mourns the loss of his home, and worries that he won't like his new life in Shanghai, where his family is headed. Although they are poor in this new place, and living in a crowded apartment building,......more

I have known many Holocaust survivors who left Europe and made their way to Shanghai. About 40,000 Jews were rescued this way. This book describes the journey of a 10 year old boy who makes friends with a Chinese boy. Together they decorate a Sukkah. This year in my congregation we are marking Krist......more

A very sweet children's book about a part of Jewish history that I knew about from Marge Piercy and her novel Gone to Soldiers and, more recently, from The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China but that many adults, let alone children, have never heard of......more

No matter how many books I read about the world wars, there's always something new I come across, something that touches my heart...which stays with me ... Shangai Sukkah is one such book which gave an insight into the lives of newly arrived Jewish refugees to Shanghai and their slow but sure assimi......more