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Cover of What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice

What Louis Brandeis Knows: A Crusader for Social Justice Becomes a Supreme Court Justice

Richard Michelson; Stacy Innerst, illus.

Cover of To Life: Jews Exploring Nature

To Life: Jews Exploring Nature

Cover of Edmond de Rothschild: Finding Zion

Edmond de Rothschild: Finding Zion

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JBC Staff

May 4, 2026

Cover of Nahmanides: An Intellectual Biography

Nahmanides: An Intellectual Biography

Cover of A Thousand Miracles: From Surviving the Holocaust to Judging Genocide

A Thousand Miracles: From Surviving the Holocaust to Judging Genocide

Cover of Standing Together: The Story of Natan Sharansky

Standing Together: The Story of Natan Sharansky

Essay

Dear Diary: The Private Musings of Mordecai M. Kaplan

Jenna Weissman Joselit

March 16, 2026

Cover of Bedtime Stories for Strong Jewish Girls: Tales of 50 Jewish Heroines Who Changed the World

Bedtime Stories for Strong Jewish Girls: Tales of 50 Jewish Heroines Who Changed the World

Melanie Goldberg Silver

Cover of Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy

Cover of Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul

Mordecai M. Kaplan: Restless Soul

Jenna Weissman Joselit

Cover of Partisan Song: A Holocaust Story of Resilience, Resistance, and Revenge

Partisan Song: A Holocaust Story of Resilience, Resistance, and Revenge

James A. Grymes

Cover of Jason Belongs

Audrey Ades, Jason Schachter McKinney; Isabel Muñoz; illus.

Cover of Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe

Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe

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