Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

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

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

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 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 Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers

Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers

Cover of Barbra Streisand: A Little Golden Book Biography

Barbra Streisand: A Little Golden Book Biography

Judy Katschke; Brenna Vaughan, illus.

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

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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 Salinger's Soul: His Personal & Religious Odyssey

Salinger’s Soul: His Personal & Religious Odyssey

Stephen B. Shepard

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 Days of Memory: Listening to Jewish Italians Who Lived Through Fascism and the Holocaust

Days of Memory: Listening to Jewish Italians Who Lived Through Fascism and the Holocaust

Judith Monachina