Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

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

Cover of The Lombard Haggadah

The Lombard Haggadah

Milvia Bollati, Flora Cassen, and Marc Michael Epstein

Cover of The Passover Haggadah: A Biography

The Passover Haggadah: A Biography

Vanessa L. Ochs

Excerpt

Excerpt: Digging Up Armageddon

Eric H. Cline

March 23, 2020

Cover of The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between

The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught In Between

Cover of Mixed Messages: Reflections on an Italian Jewish Family and Exile

Mixed Messages: Reflections on an Italian Jewish Family and Exile

Cover of They Left It All Behind: Trauma, Loss, and Memory Among Eastern European Jewish Immigrants and Their Children

They Left It All Behind: Trauma, Loss, and Memory Among Eastern European Jewish Immigrants and Their Children

Cover of The Life of a Coat

The Life of a Coat

Kadya Molodowsky, Batia Kolton (illus.), Ilana Kurshan (trans.)

Cover of The Free and the Brave

The Free and the Brave