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Nonfiction Against the Grain: Jewish Intellectuals in Hard Times Ezra Mendelsohn, Stefani Hoffman & Richard I. Cohen, eds.
Nonfiction Jewish Identities in Postcommunist Russia and Ukraine: An Uncertain Ethnicity Zvi Gitelman
Essay Jews and Slavery: Isaac Cardozo and Lydia Weston Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most eminent Jews in Georgia in the nineteenth century, and Clara Solomon, a Jewish girl… Sabra Waldfogel August 1, 2014
Nonfiction The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man’s Survival in Warsaw, 1939 – 1945 Wladyslaw Szpilman
Nonfiction The Bride and the Dowry: Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War Avi Raz
Essay Jews and Slavery: Clara Solomon and Lucy Lewis Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most eminent Jews in Georgia in the nineteenth century. She has recently published Slave and… Sabra Waldfogel July 30, 2014
Essay Jewish History and Jewish Memory Earlier this week, Stephanie Feldman wrote about her favorite Wandering Jews. Her debut novel, The Angel of Losses, will be published by Ecco on July 29th. She has been… Stephanie Feldman July 17, 2014
Nonfiction The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Nonfiction In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine Jeffrey Veidlinger
Nonfiction A Fatal Balancing Act: The Dilemma of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany, 1939 – 1945 Beate Meyer
Essay My Favorite Wandering Jews Stephanie Feldman is a graduate of Barnard College. Her debut novel, The Angel of Losses, will be published by Ecco on July 29th. She will be blogging here all week… Stephanie Feldman July 15, 2014
Essay Sometimes History Throws Me A Bone This week, Roberta Rich, the author of The Midwife of Venice and a new book, The Harem Midwife, blogs for The Postscript on the the amazing (true!) stories that… Roberta Rich July 15, 2014
Essay On Trailing the Life of Helena Rubinstein Earlier this week, Michèle Fitoussi wrote about her fascination with Helena Rubinstein and her decision to write the biography Helena Rubinstein: The Woman Who… Michèle Fitoussi July 15, 2014
