Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena

Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena

Cover of Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans' Home of New Orleans

Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans

Marlene Trestman

Cover of Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II

Bruce Henderson

Cover of Jews Across the Americas: A Sourcebook, 1492–Present

Jews Across the Americas: A Sourcebook, 1492 – Present

Adriana Brodsky

Laura Arnold Leibman

Cover of My Name is Staszek Surdel: The Improbable Holocaust Survival of Nathan Poremba, The Last Jew of Wieliczka

My Name is Staszek Surdel: The Improbable Holocaust Survival of Nathan Poremba, The Last Jew of Wieliczka

Joel S. Poremba

Cover of Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic

Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic

Essay

What Kind of a Name is Osnos?

Peter Osnos

August 30, 2021

Cover of Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service during the Nazi Occupation

Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service during the Nazi Occupation

Katarzyna Person

Cover of Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color

Irma Stern and the Racial Paradox of South African Modern Art: Audacities of Color

LaNitra M. Berger

Cover of Babka, Boulou, & Blintzes: Jewish Chocolate Recipes from around the World

Babka, Boulou, & Blintzes: Jewish Chocolate Recipes from around the World

Michael Leventhal

Essay

Alexander Hamilton and His Jewish Witnesses

Andrew Porwancher

August 16, 2021

Essay

Otto Warburg’s Jewish Identity

Sam Apple

August 16, 2021

Cover of To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

Cover of The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness

The Passport as Home: Comfort in Rootlessness

Andrei S. Markovits

Cover of Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice

Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice

Rachel B. Gross

Essay

Culture of Fragrance: Jewish Perfumers in the Twentieth Century

Timothy Schaffert

July 26, 2021