Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue

The Lost Archive: Traces of a Caliphate in a Cairo Synagogue

Interview

JBC Authors at the Table: Sue Eisenfeld

June 18, 2020

Cover of A New Hasidism: Roots

A New Hasidism: Roots

Arthur Green and Ariel Evan Mayse, eds.

Cover of Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century

Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century

Sarah Abrevaya Stein

Cover of Mengele: Unmasking the “Angel of Death”

Mengele: Unmasking the “Angel of Death”

David G. Marwell

Cover of Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader

Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader

Derek J. Penslar

Essay—Excerpt

The Story Behind the Story: A Tribute to Three Old Men

Craig Darch

May 28, 2020

Excerpt

Searching for Home: The Impact of WWII on a Hidden Child

Joe Gosler

May 27, 2020

Cover of No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)

Cover of And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain

And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain

Elisabeth Asbrink, Saskia Vogel (trans.)  

From the Journal

The Pioneers: The Oldest Jewish Women’s Book Club in America

Pamela S. Nadell

May 11, 2020

Excerpt—From the Journal

Excerpt: The Convert

Stefan Hertmans

April 28, 2020

Cover of Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women's Voices from the Gulag

Dressed for a Dance in the Snow: Women’s Voices from the Gulag

Monika Zgustova; Julie Jones, trans.

Cover of The German House

The German House

Annette Hess, Elizabeth Lauffer (trans.)

Essay

‘Exposing the Foundations’: Emuna Elon on WWII Amsterdam in Her New Novel, House on Endless Waters

Emuna Elon

April 6, 2020

Essay

A Brief History of the Haggadah

Martin Bodek

April 3, 2020