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Autobiography & Memoir

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Treyf Comes to Maine

Elis­sa Alt­man​’s sec­ond mem­oir, Treyf: My Life as an Unortho­dox Out­law, comes out this week. To cel­e­brate her new book’s release, Elis­sa is guest blog­ging for the…
Elis­sa Altman
September 19, 2016
Essay

Encoun­ters with Rab­bi Zal­man: Rit­u­als for Peo­ple Healers

Ear­li­er this week, Alexan­der Wein­stein shared how the cos­mic humor of his sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries was dis­cov­ered by Rab­bi Zal­man Schachter-Shalo­mi. With the release…
Alexan­der Weinstein
September 14, 2016
Essay

Encoun­ters with Rab­bi Zal­man: The Humor of Enlightenment

Alexan­der Wein­stein is the author of Chil­dren of the New World, a provoca­tive col­lec­tion of sci­ence fic­tion sto­ries of the near-future. With the release of the book…
Alexan­der Weinstein
September 12, 2016
Essay

The Sto­ries That Nev­er Leave You

Ear­li­er this week, Affin­i­ty Konar wrote about her first vis­it to Auschwitz-Birke­nau, the set­ting of Mis­chling, after she had already writ­ten the book. With the release…
Affin­i­ty Konar
September 9, 2016
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Non­fic­tion
We Were the Future: A Mem­oir of the Kibbutz
Yael Neeman; Son­dra Sil­ver­ston, trans.
Essay

Beyond the Birch­es of Oświęcim

Affin­i­ty Konar is the author of the nov­el Mis­chling and is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as part of the Vis­it­ing Scribe series here on The…
Affin­i­ty Konar
September 6, 2016
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Non­fic­tion
The Ghet­to Swinger
Coco Shumann; John Howard, trans.
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Non­fic­tion
37 Sec­onds: Dying Revealed Heav­en’s Help – A Moth­er’s Journey
Stephanie Arnold
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Non­fic­tion
Alli­ga­tor Candy
David Kushner
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Non­fic­tion
Mas­ter of Cer­e­monies: A Memoir
Joel Grey
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Non­fic­tion
Leav­ing Iran: Between Migra­tion and Exile
Farideh Goldin
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Fic­tion
The Night Tril­o­gy: Night, Dawn, Day
Elie Wiesel
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Non­fic­tion
I’m Sup­posed to Pro­tect You from All This
Nadja Spiegelman
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Non­fic­tion
Enchant­ed Air: Two Cul­tures, Two Wings: A Memoir
Margarita Engle; Edel Rodriguez, illus.
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Chil­dren’s
Lit­tle Amer­i­can Man: A Memoir
Lior Lampert
Essay

Break­ing the Self-Imposed Silence

Dorit Sas­son is the author of Acci­den­tal Sol­dier: A Mem­oir of Ser­vice in the Israel Defense Forces. She is guest blog­ging for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil all week as…
Dorit Sas­son
June 20, 2016
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