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Essay

A Rashomon of the Raid

Mitch Ginsburg

October 25, 2021

Cover of Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement

Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement

Julian E. Zelizer

Cover of Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Essay

When Antisemitism Came to Venezuela

Moisés Naím

October 6, 2021

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

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

Cover of Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora, from the 13th Century to Today

Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora, from the 13th Century to Today

Hélène Jawhara Piñer

Cover of A Collage of Customs

A Collage of Customs

Essay

Finding the Lost Café Schindler

Meriel Schindler

September 27, 2021

Essay

The Jewish Writer Behind Mozart’s Operas

Howard Jay Smith

September 21, 2021

Cover of The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France

The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France

Cover of X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

Essay

‘The Post Office’: A Play from India to Wartime Poland

Jai Chakrabarti

September 15, 2021

Cover of The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence

The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight against Silence

Audrey Ades; Chiara Fedele, illus.

Cover of Witness to History-From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resilience

Witness to History-From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resilience

Jean Hoffmann Lewanda

Cover of Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night

Cover of How to Hunt a Bear: A World War two Historical Novel, based on a true story

How to Hunt a Bear: A World War two Historical Novel, based on a true story

Revital Shiri-Horowitz