Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

Cover of Iconic Jewish Women: Fifty-Nine Inspiring, Courageous, Revolutionary Role Models for Young Girls

Iconic Jewish Women: Fifty-Nine Inspiring, Courageous, Revolutionary Role Models for Young Girls

Cover of You'll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

You’ll Do: A History of Marrying for Reasons Other Than Love

Cover of Doña Gracia Saved Worlds

Doña Gracia Saved Worlds

Cover of The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America

Cover of Early Detection: Catching Cancer When It's Curable

Early Detection: Catching Cancer When It’s Curable

Cover of Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris

Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris

Cover of This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel

This Terrible True Thing: A Visual Novel

Cover of Streams of Shattered Consciousness: A Chronicle of the First 50 Days of the Israel-Hamas War

Streams of Shattered Consciousness: A Chronicle of the First 50 Days of the Israel-Hamas War

David-Seth Kirshner

Cover of Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish Kitchen

Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen

Excerpt

Excerpt— Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen

Leah Koenig

August 28, 2023

Essay

The Twentieth-Century Jewish State You’ve Never Heard Of

Alina Adams

August 28, 2023

Cover of The Watchmaker's Daughter

The Watchmaker’s Daughter

Cover of The Ascent: A House Can Have Many Secrets

The Ascent: A House Can Have Many Secrets

Stefan Hertmans; David McKay, trans.

Essay

Golem of the Lower East Side

Jerome Charyn

August 21, 2023

Essay

Homesteading Jews

Susan Lynn Meyer

August 14, 2023