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Essay Blueberry Pierogi in Warsaw Together with Jeffrey Yoskowitz, Liz Alpern is both co-founder of The Gefilteria and co-author of The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods. With the… Liz Alpern September 12, 2016
Essay Beyond the Birches of Oświęcim Affinity Konar is the author of the novel Mischling and is guest blogging for the Jewish Book Council all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series here on The… Affinity Konar September 6, 2016
Nonfiction The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne Anna Bikont, Alissa Valles, trans.
Nonfiction Rywka’s Diary: The Writings of a Jewish Girl from the Lodz Ghetto Rywka Lipszyc and Anita Friedman
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 Pam Jenoff on the Jews of Poland Today In this three-part series for the Visiting Scribe, internationally bestselling novelist Pam Jenoff explores how her years in Poland changed her life and led her to… Pam Jenoff August 29, 2014
Essay Pam Jenoff on Writing the War In this three-part series for the Visiting Scribe, internationally bestselling novelist Pam Jenoff explores how her years in Poland changed her life and led her to… Pam Jenoff August 27, 2014
Essay Faith and Fiction: This Jewish Woman’s Journey to Becoming a Novelist In this three-part series for the Visiting Scribe, internationally bestselling novelist Pam Jenoff explores how her years in Poland changed her life and led her to… Pam Jenoff August 25, 2014
Nonfiction Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film Glenn Kurtz