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Nonfiction A Good Place to Hide: How One French Village Saved Thousands of Lives During World War II Peter Grose
Essay An Introduction to Jan Karski by Joshua MuravchikFew individuals risked more to try to save the Jews from the Holocaust than Jan Karski, and yet what makes his actions most amazing was that the cause of… Joshua Muravchik April 17, 2015
Essay At the Heart of It Barbara Stark-Nemon is the author of the recently published novel Even in Darkness. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe… Barbara Stark-Nemon April 13, 2015
Interview Interview: George Lerner by Beth KissileffAs a television producer across the globe for CNN, PBS, and other media outlets, George Lerner has to keep to thirty frames per second (the… Beth Kissileff March 31, 2015
Essay Why Do We Publish Picture Books About the Holocaust for Young Children? by Marcia Weiss PosnerEditor’s Note: We are frequently asked by parents, teachers, and others a perplexing question: At which age and at which stage it is… Marcia Weiss Posner March 25, 2015
Nonfiction The Kasztner Report: The Report of the Budapest Jewish Rescue Committee, 1942 – 1945 Rezső Kasztner; edited by László Karsai and Judit Molnár
Nonfiction My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair; Carolin Sommer, trans.
