Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Essay

The Impossible Life of Beate Sirota Gordon

Beate at Mills College, 1942

Jeff Gottesfeld

June 17, 2020

Cover of Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader

Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader

Derek J. Penslar

Cover of No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan

Jeff Gottesfeld, Shiella Witanto (illus.)

Excerpt—From the Journal

Excerpt: The Convert

Stefan Hertmans

April 28, 2020

Cover of Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent

Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent

Paul Mendes-Flohr

Cover of Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous

Judah Touro Didn’t Want to Be Famous

Audrey Ades, Vivien Mildenberger (illus.)

Cover of Albert Einstein and the Poetry of Real

Albert Einstein and the Poetry of Real

Manuel Garcia Iglesias, Marwan Kahil (illus.)

Cover of Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez (illus.)

Cover of Parrots, Pugs, and Pixie Dust: A Book About Fashion Designer Judith Leiber

Parrots, Pugs, and Pixie Dust: A Book About Fashion Designer Judith Leiber

Deborah Blumenthal, Masha D’Yans (illus.)

Essay

The Beauty of Things: A Family’s Fight for Survival During the Holocaust

Ariana Neumann

February 17, 2020

Cover of The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler's Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood

The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood

Cover of Citizen 865

Debbie Cenziper

Cover of Irving Berlin: New York Genius

Irving Berlin: New York Genius

Cover of Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work

Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work

Interview

‘Depth and Luminosity’: A Conversation with David Kassan

Samantha Baskind

February 4, 2020

Cover of Genius & Anxiety

Genius & Anxiety

Norman Lebrecht