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Essay Why Do We Publish Picture Books About the Holocaust for Young Children? by Marcia Weiss PosnerEditor’s Note: We are frequently asked by parents, teachers, and others a perplexing question: At which age and at which stage it is… Marcia Weiss Posner March 25, 2015
Nonfiction The Kasztner Report: The Report of the Budapest Jewish Rescue Committee, 1942 – 1945 Rezső Kasztner; edited by László Karsai and Judit Molnár
Nonfiction My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair; Carolin Sommer, trans.
Essay Occupational Hazards and Emotional Realities in Writing about the Holocaust Earlier this week, Richard Dean Rosen wrote about Sophie Turner-Zaretsky, one of the subjects of his new book, as well well as how he came to write his recently published… Richard Dean Rosen February 6, 2015
Essay Out of Hiding Earlier this week, Richard Dean Rosen wrote about how he came to write his recently published book, Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Holocaust’s Hidden Child Survivors.… Richard Dean Rosen February 4, 2015
Poetry Auschwitz-Birkenau, January 27, 2015: A Poem During this past week’s ceremony at Auschwitz to mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation, Menachem Z. Rosensaft penned a poem to commemorate the… Menachem Z. Rosensaft January 30, 2015
Interview Interview with Menachem Z. Rosensaft by Nat BernsteinMenachem Z. Rosensaft is the editor of the recently published God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and… Nat Bernstein January 26, 2015
Essay Dawn Follows Even the Darkest of Nights: A Legacy of Remembrance Earlier this week, Menachem Z. Rosensaft wrote about Holocaust remembrance and life after catastrophe. He is the editor of the newly published God, Faith… Menachem Z. Rosensaft January 16, 2015
Interview Interview: Sarah Wildman by Annette GendlerSarah Wildman’s Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind, her story of looking for the woman her grandfather left behind, is… Annette Gendler January 15, 2015
Essay Preserving the Mystery Earlier this week, Menachem Z. Rosensaft wrote about life after catastrophe. He is the editor of the newly published God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes:… Menachem Z. Rosensaft January 14, 2015
Essay Liberation Menachem Z. Rosensaft is General Counsel of the World Jewish Congress and editor of the newly published God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections… Menachem Z. Rosensaft January 12, 2015
