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Interview Interview: Laura Amy Schlitz with Michal Hoschander MalenJewish Book Council and Laura Amy Schlitz sat down to talk about Laura’s young adult novel The Hired Girl, which recently won both… Michal Hoschander Malen February 9, 2016
Essay Trivializing the Holocaust? Helen Maryles Shankman is the author of In the Land of Armadillos, a collection of eight stories set in Wlodawa, Poland during World War II. She is guest… Helen Maryles Shankman February 1, 2016
Essay The Historical Me Mary Glickman is the author of the Home in the Morning, One More River, Marching to Zion. With the upcoming release of her new novel An Undisturbed Peace, Mary is… Mary Glickman January 18, 2016
Interview Interview: Geraldine Brooks with Ranen Omer-ShermanIn her latest book, Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks sets herself the daunting challenge of portraying one of the most heroic yet… Ranen Omer-Sherman November 27, 2015
Excerpt June 19, 1953 Excerpted from The Hours Count: A Novel by Jillian Cantor.On the night Ethel is supposed to die, the air is too heavy to breathe.The humidity clings to my skin,… Jillian Cantor November 23, 2015
Excerpt “If you think Cairo’s any better, my dear, you’re mistaken.” Yitzhak Gormezano Goren August 12, 2015
Interview Interview: Joseph Kanon by Elise CooperLeaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon is a gripping historical thriller. The book’s plot takes place in Berlin four years after the end of World War II.… Elise Cooper August 11, 2015
