Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of The Note Through the Wire: The Incredible True Story of a Prisoner of War and a Resistance Heroine

The Note Through the Wire: The Incredible True Story of a Prisoner of War and a Resistance Heroine

Cover of Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait

Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait

Cover of The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle

The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle

Cover of What Does the Constitution Say?: A Kid's Guide to How Our Democracy Works

What Does the Constitution Say?: A Kid’s Guide to How Our Democracy Works

Cover of Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People

Jewish Pride: Rebuilding a People

Cover of The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Cover of Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture

Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture

Cover of The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition

The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition

Essay

A Novel Opening

Rachel Beanland

August 10, 2020

Cover of Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon

Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon

Essay

A Brief History of Balkan Jews and the Story of the Synagogue of Zagreb

Michele Levy

August 3, 2020

Cover of The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China

The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China

Jonathan Kaufman

Essay

A ‘Legacy of Blood’ Explored with Elissa Bemporad

Elissa Bemporad

July 20, 2020

Cover of Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South

Wandering Dixie: Dispatches from the Lost Jewish South

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