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Essay Trivializing the Holocaust? Helen Maryles Shankman is the author of In the Land of Armadillos, a collection of eight stories set in Wlodawa, Poland during World War II. She is guest blogging all… Helen Maryles Shankman February 1, 2016
Interview Interview: Gavriel Savit with Shira SchindelJewish Book Council sat down with Gavriel Savit to discuss his debut novel, Anna and the Swallow Man, the velvety mind of Borges, Holocaust fatigue,… Shira Schindel January 21, 2016
Essay Stuff: Is It Good for the Jews? Earlier this week, Judy Batalion shared her experience of showing her mother her memoir about their relationship. She is blogging here all week as part of the… Judy Batalion January 6, 2016
Nonfiction Jewish Honor Courts: Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust Laura Jockusch and Gabriel N. Finder, eds.
Nonfiction The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne Anna Bikont, Alissa Valles, trans.
Nonfiction Primo Levi’s Resistance: Rebels and Collaborators in Occupied Italy Sergio Luzzatto; Frederika Randall, trans.
