Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

Malka Z. Simkovich

Interview

Portrait of an Artist, a Family, and Dramatic Social Change: A Conversation with Jean Strouse

Carol Kaufman

November 19, 2024

Essay

An Artful Alliance

Jean Strouse

November 18, 2024

Cover of Jewish Country Houses

Jewish Country Houses

Juliet Carey and Abigail Green, ed.; Hélène Binet, photographer

Cover of Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

Cover of Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo

Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo

Cover of Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe

Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe

Cover of The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century

The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century

Cover of Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust

Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust

Janet Singer Applefield

Essay

Not So(w) Kosher? Nine Jewish Facts About the Pig

Jordan D. Rosenblum

October 7, 2024

Cover of Babi Yar

Anatoly Kuznetsov

Cover of Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig

Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig

Jordan D. Rosenblum

Cover of Documentary Poetry

Documentary Poetry

Heimrad Bäcker; Patrick Greaney, trans.

Essay

My Grandfather’s Secret: Jewish Inside the Manhattan Project

Rachel Robbins

September 30, 2024

Cover of Our Nazi: An American Suburb’s Encounter with Evil

Our Nazi: An American Suburb’s Encounter with Evil

Recommended Reading

Jewish Life in Patagonia

Jessica Ruetter

September 23, 2024