Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Love Letter From Pig: My Brother's Story of Freedom Summer

Love Letter From Pig: My Brother’s Story of Freedom Summer

Cover of Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome's Jewish Kitchen

Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen

Excerpt

Excerpt— Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen

Leah Koenig

August 28, 2023

Essay

The Twentieth-Century Jewish State You’ve Never Heard Of

Alina Adams

August 28, 2023

Cover of The Watchmaker's Daughter

The Watchmaker’s Daughter

Cover of The Ascent: A House Can Have Many Secrets

The Ascent: A House Can Have Many Secrets

Stefan Hertmans; David McKay, trans.

Essay

Golem of the Lower East Side

Jerome Charyn

August 21, 2023

Essay

Homesteading Jews

Susan Lynn Meyer

August 14, 2023

Cover of Jewish Sunday Schools: Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America

Jewish Sunday Schools: Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America

Cover of The Postcard

Anne Berest; Tina Kover, trans.

Cover of How to Become an American: A History of Immigration, Assimilation, and Loneliness

How to Become an American: A History of Immigration, Assimilation, and Loneliness

Cover of Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land

Jacob Mikanowski

Essay

Inventing Zacharias: Writing Mizrahi Stories

Jasmin Attia

July 10, 2023

Essay

Spending a Fortnight in Jew Town, Kochi

Shastri Akella

July 10, 2023

Cover of Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right

Excerpt

The Buried Treasures of the Paper Brigade

Meryl Frank

June 26, 2023