Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

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‘Who Murdered Arlosoroff?’: Examining an Unsolved 1933 Killing in Palestine

Jonathan Wilson

February 13, 2023

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The Gasp and the Questions: The Inspiration for ‘Code Name Sapphire’

Pam Jenoff

February 6, 2023

Cover of De-Integrate!: A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century

De-Integrate!: A Jewish Survival Guide for the 21st Century

Max Czollek; Jon Cho-Polizzi, trans.

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The Nakam Affair: Seeking Revenge for the Holocaust

Dina Porat

January 23, 2023

Cover of The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp

The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp

Cover of Nakam: The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge

Nakam: The Holocaust Survivors Who Sought Full-Scale Revenge

Cover of A Nation of Refugees: Russia's Jews in World War I

A Nation of Refugees: Russia’s Jews in World War I

Polly Zavadivker

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Love Stories from German Archives

Christian Bailey

January 16, 2023

Cover of The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

David I. Kertzer

Cover of The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to COVID-19

The Eleventh Plague: Jews and Pandemics from the Bible to COVID-19

Cover of Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace

Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace

Cover of Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom

Saving Freud: The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom

Andrew Nagorski

Cover of A Brilliant Commodity: Diamonds and Jews in a Modern Setting

A Brilliant Commodity: Diamonds and Jews in a Modern Setting

Saskia Coenen Snyder

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Excerpt: The New Yorkers

Sam Roberts

December 19, 2022

Cover of We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel

We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel

Cover of Inventing William of Norwich: Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150–1200

Inventing William of Norwich: Thomas of Monmouth, Antisemitism, and Literary Culture, 1150 – 1200

Heather Blurton