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italy

Cover of The People on the Beach: Journeys to Freedom After the Holocaust
Non­fic­tion
The Peo­ple on the Beach: Jour­neys to Free­dom After the Holocaust
Rosie Whitehouse
Cover of The Order
Fic­tion
The Order
Daniel Sil­va
Essay

Sto­ries of the Holocaust

Ani­ta Abriel
January 13, 2021
Cover of Invisible Enlighteners: The Jewish Merchants of Modena, from the Renaissance to the Emancipation
Non­fic­tion
Invis­i­ble Enlight­en­ers: The Jew­ish Mer­chants of Mod­e­na, from the Renais­sance to the Emancipation 
Federica Francesconi
Cover of The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance
Non­fic­tion
The Beau­ty and the Ter­ror: An Alter­na­tive His­to­ry of the Ital­ian Renaissance
Cather­ine Fletcher
Essay

Renais­sance Revealed: The Oppres­sion of Jews in Italy in the 1500s

Cather­ine Fletcher
September 14, 2020
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Fic­tion
Eter­nal
Lisa Scot­to­line
Cover of Jews in Southern Tuscany during the Holocaust: Ambiguous Refuge
Non­fic­tion
Jews in South­ern Tus­cany dur­ing the Holo­caust: Ambigu­ous Refuge
Judith Roumani
Cover of Beyond the Ghetto Gates: A Novel
Fic­tion
Beyond the Ghet­to Gates: A Novel
Michelle Cameron
Interview—From the Journal

‘A Might-Have-Been Uni­verse’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with André Aciman

Rus­sell Janzen
August 4, 2020
Essay

Passover 5780/2020 Hag­gadah Roundup

Maron L. Waxman
March 30, 2020
Cover of The Lombard Haggadah
Jew­ish Text
The Lom­bard Haggadah
Milvia Bollati, Flora Cassen, and Marc Michael Epstein
Cover of Mixed Messages: Reflections on an Italian Jewish Family and Exile
Non­fic­tion
Mixed Mes­sages: Reflec­tions on an Ital­ian Jew­ish Fam­i­ly and Exile
Eleanor Foa
Cover of Happiness, as Such
Fic­tion
Hap­pi­ness, as Such
Natalia Ginzburg (auth.), Minna Proctor (trans.)
Essay

The For­tu­nate Foàs of Sabbioneta

Eleanor Foa
November 4, 2019
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Chil­dren’s
The Brave Cyclist: The True Sto­ry of a Holo­caust Hero
Amalia Hoffman; Chiara Fedele, illus.
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