Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, the Visionary of Weimar Berlin

The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, the Visionary of Weimar Berlin

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Declassified: The Women Using Math to Fight Back During WWII

Cambria Gordon

June 24, 2024

Cover of Israel/Palestine in World Religions: Whose Promised Land?

Israel/Palestine in World Religions: Whose Promised Land?

Essay

Jewish War Brides: Heroes in History

Robin Judd

May 27, 2024

Cover of Liberty Street: A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War

Liberty Street: A Savannah Family, Its Golden Boy, and the Civil War

Jason K. Friedman

Cover of In the Footsteps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

In the Footsteps of the Jews of Greece: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

Anastasios Karababas

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Context and Challenge: Whose Promised Land?

S. Ilan Troen

May 13, 2024

Recommended Reading

JBC Bookshelf: Summer 2024

Simona Zaretsky

May 13, 2024

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Excerpt: Unexpected Passages, 1940 – 1941

Rachel Scheer

May 6, 2024

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From Mandelstam to Mother Doll

Katya Apekina

April 30, 2024

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Exodus and American History: “The Promise of Liberty”

Stuart Halpern, Jacob Kupietzky

April 15, 2024

Cover of Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World

Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World

Cover of Write like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals

Write like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals

Ronnie A. Grinberg

Cover of Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries

Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries

Nicholas Lemann

Cover of Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

Cover of The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting

The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting