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Essay

Jewish Music in America — Diasporic Diversity

Tina Frühauf

November 19, 2020

Cover of The New Jewish Canon: Ideas and Debates 1980-2015

The New Jewish Canon: Ideas and Debates 1980 – 2015

Yehuda Kurtzer, Claire E. Sufrin (eds.)  

Essay

The Mikvah

Daniela Weil

November 16, 2020

Cover of Nicanor's Gate

Nicanor’s Gate

Eric A. Kimmel, Alida Massari (illus.)

Cover of The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York

The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York

Cover of The Politics of American Jews

The Politics of American Jews

Herbert F. Weisberg

News

Announcing the Natan Notable Books Fall 2020 Winner

JBC Staff

October 27, 2020

Cover of What Are Jews For? History, Peoplehood, and Purpose

What Are Jews For? History, Peoplehood, and Purpose

Cover of Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best

Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary Car Beat Hitler’s Best

Cover of Recipes From Auschwitz: The Survival Stories of Two Hungarian Jews

Recipes From Auschwitz: The Survival Stories of Two Hungarian Jews

Cover of Journey into the Land of the Zeks and Back: A Memoir of the Gulag

Journey into the Land of the Zeks and Back: A Memoir of the Gulag

 Julius Margolin, Stefani Hoffman (trans.)

Essay—From the Journal

Magic, Memory, and Mass Murder: New Shtetl Literature and the Long Backshadow of Genocide

Moriel Rothman-Zecher

October 13, 2020

Cover of Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries

Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries

Edited by Rebecca Abrams and Cesar Merchan-Hamann

Cover of Balm in Gilead: A Story from the War

Balm in Gilead: A Story from the War

John L. Withers II

Essay

David Nasaw on the Last Million

David Nasaw

September 15, 2020

Essay

Renaissance Revealed: The Oppression of Jews in Italy in the 1500s

Catherine Fletcher

September 14, 2020