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Essay A Ghetto in the Middle of a City Yesterday, Gwen Edelman wrote about a recent visit to Warsaw. Her most recent novel, The Train to Warsaw (Grove Press), is now available. She will be blogging here… Gwen Edelman April 24, 2014
Essay In My Characters’ Shoes Gwen Edelman’s first novel, War Story, was translated into eight languages, won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger in France, and was a Koret Jewish Book Award… Gwen Edelman April 23, 2014
Nonfiction The House at Ujazdowskie 16: Jewish Families in Warsaw after the Holocaust Karen Auerbach
Essay Jonathan Kirsch on the Question of Jewish Resistance and Herschel Grynszpan Jonathan Kirsch, book editor of The Jewish Journal, contributes book reviews to the print and online editions and blogs… Jonathan Kirsch May 6, 2013
Recommended Reading Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterToday marks the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Read about the Polish tribute here and learn more about the Warsaw… Naomi Firestone-Teeter April 19, 2013
Nonfiction Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto and the Oyneg Shabes Archive Samuel D. Kassow
Nonfiction Flags Over the Warsaw Ghetto: The Untold Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Moshe Arens
Children’s Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto Susan Rubin Goldman; Bill Farnsworth, illus.
Nonfiction The Warsaw Ghetto: A Guide to the Perished City Barbara Engelking and Jacek Leociak; Emma Harris, trans.
Nonfiction The Warsaw Ghetto Oyneg Shabes-Ringelblum Archive Catalogue and Guide Robert Moses Shapiro and Tadeusz Epstein, eds.
Recommended Reading Irena Sendler Reading List Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIrena Sendler is one of the “Other Schindlers.” During World War II she helped create over 3,000 false documents to help… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 18, 2011
Essay Testifying for the Holocaust Last week, Deborah Lipstadt wrote about eerie anniversaries and Hannah Arendt. Her posts have been appearing as a part of Jewish Book… Deborah E. Lipstadt May 2, 2011
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
