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Recommended Reading Nine Jewish Writers Share Their Must-Read Books for Women’s History Month JBC Staff March 13, 2023
Interview—From the Journal ‘Vessels for Personal History’: A Conversation with Michael W. Twitty, Shaunna J. Edwards, and Alyson Richman Laura Arnold Leibman February 24, 2023
Nonfiction Israel’s Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945 – 1949 Jeffrey Herf
Nonfiction The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe Helene Stapinski Bonnie Siegler
Essay ‘Who Murdered Arlosoroff?’: Examining an Unsolved 1933 Killing in Palestine Jonathan Wilson February 13, 2023
Essay The Gasp and the Questions: The Inspiration for ‘Code Name Sapphire’ Pam Jenoff February 6, 2023
Nonfiction De-Integrate!: A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century Max Czollek; Jon Cho-Polizzi, trans.
Nonfiction The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp Simon Parker
Nonfiction The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler David I. Kertzer