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Nonfiction Pledges of Jewish Allegiance: Conversion, Law, and Policymaking in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Orthodox Responsa David Ellenson and Daniel Gordis
Nonfiction The Arab Jews: A Postcolonial Reading of Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity Yehouda Shenhav
Nonfiction A Village Named Dowgalishok: The Massacre at Radon and Eishishok Avraham Aviel; Atalya Broide, trans.
Nonfiction When the World Closed its Doors: Struggling to Escape Nazi-Occupied Europe Ida Piller-Greenspan; Susan M. Branting
Nonfiction Never Despair: Sixty Years in the Service of the Jewish People and the Cause of Human Rights Gerhart M. Riegner; William Sayers, trans.
Nonfiction The History of the Holocaust in Romania Jean Ancel; Yaffah Murciano, trans.; Leon Volovici, ed.
Nonfiction The Origins of Israel, 1882 – 1948: A Documentary History Eran Kaplan & Derek J. Penslar, eds.
Essay Historians, Biographers Dr. Abigail Green is the author of Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Abigail Green May 7, 2012
Essay Blazing Saddles It Wasn’t Earlier this week, Gerald Kolpan shared the story behind Eli Gershonson, a photo gallery of some of the historical figures in his novel, and the… Gerald Kolpan May 4, 2012
Essay The Historical Figures in Gerald Kolpan’s Magic Words Visiting Scribe blogger Gerald Kolpan shares some of the historical figures in his newest novel, Magic Words: The Tale of a Jewish Boy-Interpreter, the World’s… Gerald Kolpan May 1, 2012
Nonfiction My Mother’s Spice Cupboard: A Journey from Baghdad to Bombay to Bondi Elana Benjamin
