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Cover of First Lady of Laughs: The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll, America's First Jewish Woman Stand-Up Comedian

First Lady of Laughs: The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll, America’s First Jewish Woman Stand-Up Comedian

Grace Kessler Overbeke

Essay

Bringing the Holocaust to the Foreground

Arthur J. Magida

September 6, 2024

Cover of Shalama: My 96 Seasons in China

Shalama: My 96 Seasons in China

Jean Hoffmann Lewanda

Cover of Jason Belongs

Jason Schachter McKinney

Cover of A German Jew's Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany

A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany

Cindy Schweich Handler

Cover of Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil

Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil

Cover of The Torah Road Trip: Abraham Rides Shotgun

The Torah Road Trip: Abraham Rides Shotgun

Cover of The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival

Cover of Matching Minds with Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Broadway Legend

Matching Minds with Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Broadway Legend

Cover of Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins's Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany

Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany

Rebecca Brenner Graham

Cover of Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable: Discovering My Father and Learning His Language

Poem by Poem, Fable by Fable: Discovering My Father and Learning His Language

Cover of First the Patient: The Life and Times of David G. Nathan, MD

First the Patient: The Life and Times of David G. Nathan, MD

Barrett Rollins

Cover of Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film

Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film

Cover of Two Wheels to Freedom: The Story of a Young Jew, Wartime Resistance, and a Daring Escape

Two Wheels to Freedom: The Story of a Young Jew, Wartime Resistance, and a Daring Escape

Arthur J. Magida

Essay

Two Pieces of Chocolate: Preserving Stories of the Holocaust

Kathy Kacer

August 28, 2024

Cover of The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds

The Einstein Effect: How the World’s Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds