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Nonfiction You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South Stephanie Deutsch
Essay Chaim Sheba: Identifying Founder Effects for Jewish Genetic Diseases In Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People, Harry Ostrer wrote about a series of scientists who contributed to our contemporary understanding of… Harry Ostrer June 27, 2012
Nonfiction Nathan Mayer Rothschild and the Creation of a Dynasty: The Critical Years 1806 – 1816 Herbert H. Kaplan
Nonfiction The Nazi Séance: The Strange Story of The Jewish Psychic in Hitler’s Circle Arthur J. Magida
Nonfiction Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler’s Europe Robert Follett as told by Peter Natan
Nonfiction Never Despair: Sixty Years in the Service of the Jewish People and the Cause of Human Rights Gerhart M. Riegner; William Sayers, trans.
Essay Historians, Biographers Dr. Abigail Green is the author of Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Abigail Green May 7, 2012
