Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Essay

Anne Frank as Idea and Inspiration

Ruth Franklin

January 24, 2025

Cover of The Many Lives of Anne Frank

The Many Lives of Anne Frank

Cover of Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women

Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women

Julie Silverstein

Tami Schlossberg Pruwer

Essay

A Jew in the Street and a Man in Your Tent?: Rabbinical Dress in Vienna at the Fin de Siècle

Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum

January 6, 2025

Cover of Twist, Tumble, Triumph: The Story of Champion Gymnast Agnes Kelet

Twist, Tumble, Triumph: The Story of Champion Gymnast Agnes Kelet

Deborah Bodin Cohen

Cover of The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Survival, Hope, and Music

The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Survival, Hope, and Music

Roxanne de Bastion

Cover of Barbra Streisand: A Little Golden Book Biography

Barbra Streisand: A Little Golden Book Biography

Judy Katschke; Brenna Vaughan, illus.

Cover of Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers

Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers

Cover of Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words

Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words

Cover of Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer

Only in America: Al Jolson and The Jazz Singer

Richard Bernstein

Essay

Giant Love, Edna Ferber, and Her Jewish Convictions

Julie Gilbert

November 25, 2024

Jewish Book Month: Libraries & Bookstores

Cover of Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Becoming the Messiah

Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Becoming the Messiah

Cover of When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

David Margolick

Cover of One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the Prague Kindertransport

One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the Prague Kindertransport

Cover of Salinger's Soul: His Personal & Religious Odyssey

Salinger’s Soul: His Personal & Religious Odyssey

Stephen B. Shepard