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Cover of No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Suvival in WWII

No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Suvival in WWII

Robert S. Weintraub

Cover of 1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR-Two Tales of Politics Betrayal and Unlikely Destiny

1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR-Two Tales of Politics Betrayal and Unlikely Destiny

David Pietrusza

Cover of Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle For Israel, 1917-1947

Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle For Israel, 1917 – 1947

Cover of The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games

The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games

Cover of Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel

Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel

Cover of Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe's Bullion

Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe’s Bullion

George M. Taber

Cover of Jewish New York: A History and Guide to Neighborhoods, Synagogues, and Eateries

Jewish New York: A History and Guide to Neighborhoods, Synagogues, and Eateries

Cover of The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe

The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe

Cover of Women of Valor: Polish Resisters to the Third Reich

Women of Valor: Polish Resisters to the Third Reich

Joanne D. Gilbert

Cover of The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust

The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust

Lisa Moses Leff

Cover of Days of Ticho: Empire, Mandate, Medicine, and Art in the Holy Land

Days of Ticho: Empire, Mandate, Medicine, and Art in the Holy Land

Cover of Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse

Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse

Stanley Meisler

Essay

My Wallenberg Education in Budapest, Stockholm, and Moscow

Earlier this week, Alan Lelchuk wrote about meeting Daniel Pagliansky, Wallenberg’s KGB interrogator. Lelchuk is the author of the acclaimed novels, American…

Alan Lelchuk

May 6, 2015

Cover of Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust

Jewish Medical Resistance in the Holocaust

Michael A. Grodin, ed.

Cover of Social Concern and Left Politics in Jewish American Art, 1880-1940

Social Concern and Left Politics in Jewish American Art, 1880 – 1940

Matthew Baigell

Essay

An Introduction to Jan Karski

by Joshua MuravchikFew individuals risked more to try to save the Jews from the Holocaust than Jan Karski, and yet what makes his actions most amazing was that the cause of…

Joshua Muravchik

April 17, 2015