Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver

Walter Benjamin: The Pearl Diver

Peter E. Gordon

Cover of Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America

Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America

Cover of Judy Blume: A Life

Judy Blume: A Life

Mark Oppenheimer

Cover of Hallelujah: The Story of Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah: The Story of Leonard Cohen

Alicia Jo Rabins

Cover of The World of Leonard Cohen

The World of Leonard Cohen

David R. Shumway

Cover of Nothing Random: Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built

Nothing Random: Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built

Cover of Claudia Said Sí!: The Story of Mexico's First Woman President

Claudia Said Sí!: The Story of Mexico’s First Woman President

Deborah Bodin Cohen

Carlos Vélez Aguilera

Cover of Live Your Dream: The Story of a Jewish Basketball All-Star

Live Your Dream: The Story of a Jewish Basketball All-Star

Cover of Moses Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction

Moses Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction

Cover of Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story)

Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story)

Deborah Heiligman

Cover of Zaidy's Band: The Untold Stories of a Jewish Band of Brothers in World War II

Zaidy’s Band: The Untold Stories of a Jewish Band of Brothers in World War II

Cover of Crash of the Heavens: The Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and the Only Military Mission to Rescue Europe's Jews During World War II

Crash of the Heavens: The Remarkable Story of Hannah Senesh and the Only Military Mission to Rescue Europe’s Jews During World War II

Douglas Century

Excerpt—From the Journal

Excerpt — Fanny’s Big Idea

Richard Michelson, Alyssa Russell

November 17, 2025

Essay

Seeing Ourselves in Literature: Fanny Goldstein and Jewish Book Month

Richard Michelson

November 13, 2025

Essay

From Memory to Manuscript: The Story Behind “Zaidy’s Band”

Aron Heller

November 10, 2025

Cover of Philip Roth: Stung by Life

Philip Roth: Stung by Life

Steven J. Zipperstein