Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans

Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans

Marlene Trestman

Cover of Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

Bruce Henderson

Cover of Jews Across the Americas: A Sourcebook, 1492–Present

Jews Across the Americas: A Sourcebook, 1492 – Present

Adriana Brodsky

Laura Arnold Leibman

Cover of My Name is Staszek Surdel: The Improbable Holocaust Survival of Nathan Poremba, The Last Jew of Wieliczka

My Name is Staszek Surdel: The Improbable Holocaust Survival of Nathan Poremba, The Last Jew of Wieliczka

Joel S. Poremba

Cover of Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic

Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic

Cover of Under The Radar: 30 Notable Canadian Jewish Musicians

Under The Radar: 30 Notable Canadian Jewish Musicians

David Eisenstadt

Cover of Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East

Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East

Cover of Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force

Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force

Cover of Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

Natasha Lance Rogoff

Essay

What Kind of a Name is Osnos?

Peter Osnos

August 30, 2021

Cover of Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color

Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color

LaNitra M. Berger

Cover of Babka, Boulou, & Blintzes: Jewish Chocolate Recipes from around the World

Babka, Boulou, & Blintzes: Jewish Chocolate Recipes from around the World

Michael Leventhal

Cover of Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service during the Nazi Occupation

Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service during the Nazi Occupation

Katarzyna Person

Essay

Alexander Hamilton and His Jewish Witnesses

Andrew Porwancher

August 16, 2021

Essay

Otto Warburg’s Jewish Identity

Sam Apple

August 16, 2021

Cover of To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah