Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Cover of The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Cover of Irma's Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage

Irma’s Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage

Catherine Ehrlich

Cover of Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appreciation and Defense

Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appreciation and Defense

Cover of Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna

Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna

Cover of The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive

The Ratline: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive

Cover of Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers

Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers

Cover of Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait

Competing With Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait

Cover of The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory

The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters’ Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory

Roxane van Iperen

Essay

Dance as Cultural Exchange: Martha Graham’s Legacy

Victoria Phillips

August 24, 2020

Cover of The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects

The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects

Laura Arnold Leibman

Cover of Sidney Lumet: A Life

Sidney Lumet: A Life

Essay

The Impossible Life of Beate Sirota Gordon

Beate at Mills College, 1942

Jeff Gottesfeld

June 17, 2020

Cover of Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader

Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader

Derek J. Penslar

Cover of No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)

Excerpt—From the Journal

Excerpt: The Convert

Stefan Hertmans

April 28, 2020

Cover of Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent

Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent

Paul Mendes-Flohr