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Nonfiction A Mahzor From Worms: Art and Religion in a Medieval Jewish Community Katrin Kogman-Appel
Nonfiction A Line in the Sand: The Anglo-French Struggle for the Middle East, 1914 – 1948 James Barr
Nonfiction Nazi Germany, Canadian Responses: Confronting Antisemitism in the Shadow of War L. Ruth Klein, ed.
Nonfiction Hollywood’s Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema Daniel Bernardi, Murray Pomerance, Hava Tirosh Samuelson, eds.
Nonfiction Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women’s Activism, 1890 – 1940 Melissa R. Klapper
Nonfiction Jews Under Moroccan Skies: Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life Raphael David Elmaleh and George Ricketts
Nonfiction Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History Through the Lives of its Foremost Leaders Jack L. Schwartzwald
Essay Joanna Hershon on Assimilation and Romanticizing the Past Earlier this week, Joanna Hershon wrote about an insult and a memorial service she attended for a friend’s father. Her new novel, A Dual… Joanna Hershon May 24, 2013
Nonfiction Sephardism: Spanish Jewish History and the Modern Literary Imagination Yael Halevi-Wise, ed.
Recommended Reading The Jews of Poland: Recollections and Recipes by Edouard de Pomiane Last week, Rebecca Miller wrote about Gluckel of Hameln. She has been sharing texts that shed light on the history of Jewish life in France, the setting of her new… Rebecca Miller May 23, 2013
