Items with the category: Biography | Jewish Book Council

Poetry

Ak-mechet

David Osachy

June 7, 2021

Cover of The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art

The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art

Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator)

Cover of Natan Sharansky: Freedom Fighter for Soviet Jews

Natan Sharansky: Freedom Fighter for Soviet Jews

Blake Hoena, Daniele Dickmann (Ilustrator)

Cover of Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection

Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection

Cover of Philip Roth: A Counterlife

Philip Roth: A Counterlife

Cover of Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America

Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America

Essay

‘No Finality’: Stolen Art in the Nazi Regime

Jonathan Petropoulos

April 26, 2021

Cover of Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

Cover of Nuestra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation

Nuestra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation

Claudio Lomnitz

Interview

‘Philip Roth: The Biography’ — A Conversation with Blake Bailey

Donald Weber

April 6, 2021

Cover of Philip Roth: The Biography

Philip Roth: The Biography

Cover of The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer

The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer

Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro (illustrator)

Cover of The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos

Essay

‘A Most Unlikely Secret Agent’: The Story of Noor Inayat Khan

Arthur J. Magida

March 15, 2021

Cover of Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of

Helaine Becker, Kari Rust (illus.)