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Nonfiction God’ll Cut You Down: The Tangled Tale of A White Supremacist, A Black Hustler, A Murder, And How I Lost A Year In Mississippi John Safran
Essay Dry Goods Merchant and Freedom Fighter: Samuel Fleishman of Marianna, FL Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about the Jews who lived in Mound Bayou. Her most recent book is Freedom’s Island, about an all-black Mississippi town menaced… Sabra Waldfogel July 9, 2015
Essay The Jews of Mound Bayou Sabra Waldfogel writes historical fiction about Southern Jews and African Americans in slavery and freedom. Her most recent book, Freedom’s Island, about an all-black… Sabra Waldfogel July 6, 2015
Nonfiction Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World Linda Hirshman
Nonfiction The Catskills: Its History and How It Changed America Raphael D. Silver Stephen M. Silverman
Interview Interview: Jonathan D. Sarna Lincoln and the Jews: A History by Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell chronicles the extraordinary relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and… Elise Cooper May 19, 2015
Nonfiction Crossing Broadway: Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City Robert W. Snyder
Nonfiction Jewish New York: A History and Guide to Neighborhoods, Synagogues, and Eateries Paul M. Kaplan
Essay Turning a Visual Project into a Book Earlier this week, Alina Bliumis wrote about the American-Russian-Jewish identity crisis and a photography series she shot, along with her partner and… Alina Bliumis May 15, 2015
