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Essay Doreen Rappaport Speaks on Holocaust Remembrance Day by Michal Hoschander MalenDoreen Rappaport, author of numerous highly acclaimed books for children and young adults, spoke on Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Great… Michal Hoschander Malen November 6, 2014
Essay String Imagery and Jennifer Rosner’s Novel-In-Progress Earlier this week, Jennifer Rosner wrote about a gene mutation, a motherly connection, and the power of string. She is the author of the picture book, The… Jennifer Rosner November 5, 2014
Children’s Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival Marcel Prins & Peter Henk Steenhuis
Essay Paperless Love: A Short Reading List from Sarah Wildman Earlier this week, Sarah Wildman shared an interesting letter that didn’t make it into her book, Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind. She has… Sarah Wildman October 29, 2014
Nonfiction Unwanted Legacies: Sharing the Burden of Post-Genocide Generations Gottfried Wagner & Abraham J. Peck
Essay How a Former Catholic Priest Gained a New Understanding of the Holocaust Salvatore Tagliareni is a storyteller, writer, business consultant, art dealer, and former Catholic priest. He is the author of the novels Hitler’s… Salvatore Tagliareni October 6, 2014
Nonfiction Why the Germans? Why the Jews?: Envy, Race Hatred, and the Prehistory of the Holocaust Götz Aly; Jefferson Chase, trans.
Nonfiction The Ambiguity of Virtue: Gertrude Van Tijn and the Fate of the Dutch Jews Bernard Wasserstein
Nonfiction Judging “Privileged” Jews: Holocaust Ethics, Representation, and the “Grey Zone” Adam Brown
