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Essay The Biggest Cemetery in the World Yesterday, Joshua Cohen told us how to write a book like Coney Island. His new novel, Witz, is now available.This second blogpost is about two experiences… Joshua Cohen June 2, 2010
Essay Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Holocaust Writing This week Bob Goldfarb, a regular reviewer for Jewish Book World, is blogging about the International Writers’ Festival at Mishkenot Sha’ananim in… Bob Goldfarb May 4, 2010
Recommended Reading Among the Righteous- Arab Involvement in the Holocaust Posted by Libi AdlerIn 2007 Robert Satloff published his book Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands. In it he… Libi Adler March 16, 2010
News Project Aladdin: Arabic and Farsi Translations of Key Holocaust Works Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLiel Leibovitz of TabletMag looks at Project Aladdin, a new initiative to publish Holocaust works in Farsi and… JBC Staff November 3, 2009
Recommended Reading Beyond Pain Towards Celebration Posted by Libi AdlerNew book by Naava Piatka, No Goodbyes, honors both of her Holocaust survivor parents’ pasts. Already known internationally for her… Libi Adler October 8, 2009
Recommended Reading Icon of Loss Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterThe touching, haunting paintings by Samuel Bak, inspired by the little boy from the famous Stroop Report photo taken in the Warsaw… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 1, 2009
News Holocaust Novel Coming Soon from Author of Life of Pie Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterLife of Pi author Yann Martel just sold the rights to his third book to Spiegel & Grau. The new book is an allegory about the… JBC Staff July 20, 2009
Recommended Reading New Encyclopedia for your Holocaust Library Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterRecognizing the need for reliable and up-to-date reference works for the study of the Holocaust, The Center for Advanced Holocaust… Naomi Firestone-Teeter June 4, 2009
News Hiding Edith Wins the 2009 Yad Vashem Prize for Children’s Holocaust Lit Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterCongratulations to Kathy Kacer, author of the 2006 title Hiding Edith that has won the2009 Yad Vashem Prize for Children’s… JBC Staff June 3, 2009
News Franklin Littell, Scholar of Holocaust, Dies at 91 Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterFranklin Littell, a father of Holocaust studies, died last Saturday at his home in Pennsylvania. The New York Times… JBC Staff June 3, 2009
Poetry I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children’s Drawings and Poems from the Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942 – 1944 Hana Volavkova, ed.
