Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Two Wheels to Freedom: The Story of a Young Jew, Wartime Resistance, and a Daring Escape

Two Wheels to Freedom: The Story of a Young Jew, Wartime Resistance, and a Daring Escape

Arthur J. Magida

Essay

Two Pieces of Chocolate: Preserving Stories of the Holocaust

Kathy Kacer

August 28, 2024

Cover of The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds

The Einstein Effect: How the World’s Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds

Cover of The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

Rachelle Bergstein

Cover of Inseparable: A Holocaust Survival Story

Inseparable: A Holocaust Survival Story

Cover of Ping-Pong Shabbat: The True Story of Champion Estee Ackerman

Ping-Pong Shabbat: The True Story of Champion Estee Ackerman

Ann D. Koffsky; Abigail Rajunov, illus.

Cover of Chaim Weizmann: A Biography

Chaim Weizmann: A Biography

Jehuda Reinharz and Motti Golani; Haim Watzman, trans.

Cover of Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants

Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan’s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants

Norman H. Finkelstein; Vesper Stamper, illus.

Cover of That Voice: In Search of Ann Drummond-Grant, the Singer Who Shaped My Life

That Voice: In Search of Ann Drummond-Grant, the Singer Who Shaped My Life

Excerpt

Excerpt: When Women Ran Fifth Avenue

Julie Satow

June 17, 2024

Cover of Heroes with Chutzpah: 101 True Tales of Jewish Trailblazers, Changemakers and Rebels

Heroes with Chutzpah: 101 True Tales of Jewish Trailblazers, Changemakers and Rebels

Deborah Bodin Cohen

Cover of Harry and the Highwire: Houdini’s First Amazing Act

Harry and the Highwire: Houdini’s First Amazing Act

Julie Carpenter; Laura Catalán, illus.

Cover of One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor

One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor

Richard Michelson; Sarah Green, illus.

Cover of Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Agent A12 and the Solving of the Holocaust Code

Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Agent A12 and the Solving of the Holocaust Code

Excerpt

Searching for Martha Freud

Daphne Merkin

May 13, 2024

News

Cover Reveal: “What Jewish Looks Like”

Liz Kleinrock, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Iris Gottlieb

May 3, 2024