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Cover of The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century

The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century

Cover of The Rise of Abraham Cahan

The Rise of Abraham Cahan

Cover of The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism

The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism

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Book Cover of the Week: Pascin by Joann Sfar

Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJoann Sfar’s biography of the Jewish modernist painter Pascin (Julius Mordecai Pincas) will soon be available in the U.S. with…

Naomi Firestone-Teeter

September 25, 2013

Cover of Elie Wiesel: Jewish, Literary, and Moral Perspectives

Elie Wiesel: Jewish, Literary, and Moral Perspectives

Steven T. Katz and Alan Rosen, eds.

Cover of Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee

Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee

Noralee Frankel

Cover of The Baroness: The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild

The Baroness: The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild

Hannah Rothschild

Cover of The Smartest Woman I Know

The Smartest Woman I Know

Ilene Beckerman

Cover of Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kis

Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kis

Cover of A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch

A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch

Cover of The Forgotten Zionist: The Life of Solomon (Sioma) Yankelevitch Jacobi

The Forgotten Zionist: The Life of Solomon (Sioma) Yankelevitch Jacobi

Rodney Benjamin and David Cebon

Cover of Into the Light: The Healing Art of Kalman Aron

Into the Light: The Healing Art of Kalman Aron

Susan Beilby Magee

Cover of Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History Through the Lives of its Foremost Leaders

Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History Through the Lives of its Foremost Leaders

Jack L. Schwartzwald

Cover of Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue

Pere Marie-Benoit and Jewish Rescue

Cover of Gertrud Kolmar: A Literary Life

Gertrud Kolmar: A Literary Life

Dieter Kuhn; Linda Marianiello, trans.

Cover of The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah”

The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah”