Skip to main content
Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, found­ed in 1943, is the longest-run­n­ing orga­ni­za­tion devot­ed exclu­sive­ly to the sup­port and cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish literature.

Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox.

Invalid email address

Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Main navigation

  • Books

    Find the lat­est book reviews, read­ing lists, and edi­tors’ books, and search JBC’s data­base of over 8,000 titles. 

    • Book Search
    • Reading Lists
    • Israel Bookshelf
    • Global Jewish Literary Alliance
    • Review for Us
    • Submit a Book for Review

    Editors' Picks

    Cover of Flower of Vlora: Growing up Jewish in Communist Albania
    Flower of Vlo­ra: Grow­ing up Jew­ish in Com­mu­nist Albania
    Cover of The 12th Commandment
    The 12th Commandment
  • Book Clubs

    Find the lat­est month­ly picks, dis­cus­sion ques­tions and resource guides, and the lat­est books in paperback.

    • Monthly Picks
    • Starting a Book Club
    • Live Chat
    • Book Club Guides

    May Picks

    Cover of Mrs. Lilienblum's Cloud Factory
    Mrs. Lilien­blum’s Cloud Factory
    Cover of Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women
    Chutz­pah Girls: 100 Tales of Dar­ing Jew­ish Women
  • PB Daily
  • Paper Brigade

    JBC’s print lit­er­ary jour­nal Paper Brigade pro­vides a 200-page snap­shot of the Jew­ish lit­er­ary land­scape in Amer­i­ca and abroad. Find the lat­est issues, infor­ma­tion on the Paper Brigade New Israeli Fic­tion prize, adver­tis­ing details, and more.

    • Stockists
    • Submissions
    • Advertising
    • New Israeli Fiction Prize

    The Latest Issues

    Paper Brigade Vol­ume Eight
    $25.00
    Paper Brigade Vol­ume Seven
    $25.00
  • JBC Authors

    Find infor­ma­tion on becom­ing a tour­ing authors and how to bring an author into your community.

    • Network
    • Read On
    • View All Authors
    • Member Sites
    • Member Site Resources

    Featured Authors

    Photo of Maya Arad
    Maya Arad
    Photo of Benyamin Cohen
    Benyamin Cohen
  • Awards

    Search over 70 years of Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award win­ners and final­ists and find the lat­est Natan Notable Books.

    • National Jewish Book Awards
    • Natan Notable Books
    • Jewish Book Marketing Grants

    Recent Awardees

    Cover of 10/7: 100 Human Stories
    10/7: 100 Human Stories
    Cover of Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel
    Songs for the Bro­ken­heart­ed: A Novel
  • Events
  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Support
Searching...

Items with the category:

History

Cover of The Jews of Khazaria, 2nd Edition
Non­fic­tion
The Jews of Khaz­aria, 2nd Edition
Kevin Alan Brook
Cover of To Be An Arab in Israel
Non­fic­tion
To Be An Arab in Israel
Laurence Louer
Cover of A Kingdom of Priests: Ancestry and Merit in Ancient Judaism
Non­fic­tion
A King­dom of Priests: Ances­try and Mer­it in Ancient Judaism
Martha Himmelfarb
Cover of Race and Religion Among the Chosen Peoples of Crown Heights
Non­fic­tion
Race and Reli­gion Among the Cho­sen Peo­ples of Crown Heights
Henry Goldschmidt
Cover of Tel Aviv: Mythography of a City
Non­fic­tion
Tel Aviv: Mythog­ra­phy of a City
Maoz Azaryahu
Cover of Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War
Non­fic­tion
Fox­bats Over Dimona: The Sovi­ets’ Nuclear Gam­ble in the Six-Day War
Isabella Ginor; Gideon Remez
Cover of A Murder in Lemberg: Politics, Religion, and Violence in Modern Jewish History
Non­fic­tion
A Mur­der in Lem­berg: Pol­i­tics, Reli­gion, and Vio­lence in Mod­ern Jew­ish History
Michael Stanislawski
Cover of Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible
Non­fic­tion
Scrib­al Cul­ture and the Mak­ing of the Hebrew Bible
Karel Van Der Toorn
Cover of Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World
Non­fic­tion
State­craft: And How to Restore Amer­i­ca’s Stand­ing in the World
Den­nis Ross
Cover of The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
Visu­al Arts
The Steins Col­lect: Matisse, Picas­so, and the Parisian Avant-Garde
Janet Bishop, Cécile Debray, and Rebecca Rabinow, eds.
Essay

Say­ing New Things About Old His­tor­i­cal Episodes

Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Jonathan Sar­na wrote about writ­ing his most recent book, When Gen­er­al Grant Expelled the Jews, in Jerusalem. He has been blog­ging here all week for…
Jonathan D. Sarna
March 15, 2012
Cover of Israel at Sixty: An Oral History of a Nation Reborn
Non­fic­tion
Israel at Six­ty: An Oral His­to­ry of a Nation Reborn
Deborah Hart Strober; Gerald S. Strober
Cover of Terror in Black September: The First Eyewitness Account of the Infamous 1970 Hijackings
Non­fic­tion
Ter­ror in Black Sep­tem­ber: The First Eye­wit­ness Account of the Infa­mous 1970 Hijackings
David Raab
Cover of Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine
Non­fic­tion
Erased: Van­ish­ing Traces of Jew­ish Gali­cia in Present-Day Ukraine
Omer Bar­tov
Cover of Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy
Non­fic­tion
Weimar Ger­many: Promise and Tragedy
Eric D. Weitz
Cover of A Portable God: The Origin of Judaism and Christianity
Non­fic­tion
A Portable God: The Ori­gin of Judaism and Christianity
Risa Levitt Kohn; Rebecca Moore
Pagination
  • Previous page Previous
  • Current page85
  • Next page Next
Pagination
  • First page 1
  • …
  • Page83
  • Page84
  • Current page85
  • Page86
  • Page87
  • …
  • Last page 111

Stay Updated with Our Newsletter

Invalid email address
Join Us

Mem­bers receive valu­able ben­e­fits includ­ing spe­cial dis­counts, lit­er­ary gifts, and exclu­sive con­tent, while help­ing JBC to sup­port and cel­e­brate Jew­ish literature.

Become a Member
Jewish Book Council

Footer

  • Donate
  • Book Search
  • Contact Us
  • Advertising
  • FAQ
  • Bookstore Guide
  • Report­ing Anti­semitism
Connect with Us
Support Us
  • Amazon Smile
Jewish Book Council Platinum Transparency Guidestar Candid Seal 2024
Four-Star seal from Charity Navigator
Copyright © 2025 Jewish Book Council
  • Accessibility
  • Financials