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Nonfiction Raoul Wallenberg: The Heroic Life and Mysterious Disappearance of the Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust Ingrid Carlberg; Ebba Segerberg, trans.; Kofi A. Annan, intro.
Essay Max Baer, Real and Imagined Earlier this week, Jay Neugeboren shared his personal list of the Jewish sports heroes that made him feel more American. Jay is guest blogging all week as part of the… Jay Neugeboren March 31, 2016
Nonfiction The Lady with the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire Laura Claridge
Essay Surviving Leonard Nimoy’s Superhuman Salute Earlier this week, Matthew Kressel explored the Jewish sources underlying fantasy literature’s greatest time-traveling epics. He is guest blogging for the Jewish… Matthew Kressel March 30, 2016
Nonfiction The Bridge Builder: The Life and Continuing Legacy of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Zev Chafets
Interview Interview: Anne C. Heller with Philip K. JasonAnne C. Heller’s skillfully pithy biography of Hannah Arendt sparked new questions about one of the most famous and controversial philosophers… Philip K. Jason December 6, 2015
