Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Cover of The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World's Greatest City

The New Yorkers: 31 Remarkable People, 400 Years, and the Untold Biography of the World’s Greatest City

Cover of A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

Nancy Churnin, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)

Cover of Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical

Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical

Cover of The Christmas Mitzvah

The Christmas Mitzvah

Jeff Gottesfeld

Cover of The Nazi's Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather Was a War Criminal

The Nazi’s Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather Was a War Criminal

Essay

On Translating Irène Némirovsky

Sandra Smith

November 29, 2021

Cover of Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

Into the Forest: A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love

Rebecca Frankel

Essay

How Polly Adler, the Jewish Jezebel of the Jazz Age, Became a Topsy-Turvy American Success Story

Debby Applegate

November 22, 2021

Cover of Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

Justine Picardie

Cover of Man Ray: The Artist and His Shadows

Man Ray: The Artist and His Shadows

Cover of Hannah G. Solomon Dared to Make a Difference

Hannah G. Solomon Dared to Make a Difference

Bonnie Lindauer

Cover of Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius

Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius

Cover of Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement

Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement

Julian E. Zelizer

Cover of Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald

Speak, Silence: In Search of W. G. Sebald

Cover of Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero

Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero

Megan Hoyt, Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator)

Cover of A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp

A Rebel in Auschwitz: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Fought the Nazis from Inside the Camp

Jack Fairweather