Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Yoni's Last Battle: The Rescue at Entebbe, 1976

Yoni’s Last Battle: The Rescue at Entebbe, 1976

Cover of Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman

Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman

Marc Tyler Nobleman

Cover of Wilson

Cover of The Red Man's Bones

The Red Man’s Bones

Cover of The Privilege of Aging

The Privilege of Aging

Patricia Gottlieb Shapiro

Cover of The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem

The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem

Essay

Rebecca Miller on Gluckel of Hameln

This week on the Visiting Scribe, Rebecca Miller will be sharing texts that shed light on Jewish life in eighteenth-century France, the setting of her new novel,…

Rebecca Miller

May 13, 2013

Cover of The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris

The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris

Jonathan Kirsch

Cover of Dressing Modern Maternity: The Frankfurt Sisters of Dallas and the Page Boy Label

Dressing Modern Maternity: The Frankfurt Sisters of Dallas and the Page Boy Label

Cover of Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes

Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes

Cover of Vera Gran: The Accused

Vera Gran: The Accused

Agata Tuszyńska; Charles Ruas, trans.

Cover of Moynihan's Moment: America's Fight Against Zionism as Racism

Moynihan’s Moment: America’s Fight Against Zionism as Racism

Cover of A Ship Without A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart

A Ship Without A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart

Gary Marmorstein

Cover of Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist

Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist

Harriet Hyman Alonso

Cover of Torah Conversations with Nechama Leibowitz

Torah Conversations with Nechama Leibowitz

Benjamin S. Yasgur

Essay

Why it Matters that Marshall was Never Nominated for the Supreme Court

Earlier this week, M. M. Silver wrote about the riches in Louis Marshall’s archive and explored why it took so long for someone to write a full-length…

M. M. Silver

March 1, 2013