Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Cover of The Nazi's Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather Was a War Criminal

The Nazi’s Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather Was a War Criminal

Cover of Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

Rebecca Frankel

Essay

On Translating Irène Némirovsky

Sandra Smith

November 29, 2021

Essay

How Polly Adler, the Jewish Jezebel of the Jazz Age, Became a Topsy-Turvy American Success Story

Debby Applegate

November 22, 2021

Cover of Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

Justine Picardie

Cover of Man Ray: The Artist and His Shadows

Man Ray: The Artist and His Shadows

Cover of Hannah G. Solomon Dared to Make a Difference

Hannah G. Solomon Dared to Make a Difference

Bonnie Lindauer

Cover of Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius

Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius

Cover of Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement

Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement

Julian E. Zelizer

Cover of Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald

Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald

Cover of Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero

Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero

Megan Hoyt, Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator)

Cover of A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp

A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp

Jack Fairweather

Cover of Coco At The Ritz

Coco At The Ritz

Gioia Diliberto

Cover of We Shall Build Anew: Stephen S. Wise, the Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Reinvention of American Liberal Judaism

We Shall Build Anew: Stephen S. Wise, the Jewish Institute of Religion, and the Reinvention of American Liberal Judaism

Shirley Idelson

Cover of Paths of the Righteous: Stories of Heroism, Humanity and Hope

Paths of the Righteous: Stories of Heroism, Humanity and Hope

Cover of Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment

Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment