Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Yochanan's Gamble: Judaism's Pragmatic Approach to Life

Yochanan’s Gamble: Judaism’s Pragmatic Approach to Life

Cover of On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel

On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel

Essay

The Making of Diaspora in the Ancient World

Malka Z. Simkovich

December 30, 2024

Essay

The Festival of Lights, Revised: Hanukkah’s Pragmatic History

Marc Katz

December 23, 2024

Cover of Jews in Suits: Men's Dress in Vienna, 1890-1938

Jews in Suits: Men’s Dress in Vienna, 1890 – 1938

Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum; Reina Lewis and Elizabeth Wilson, eds.

Cover of The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel's Borderlands

The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal, Survival and Hope on Israel’s Borderlands

Cover of Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

Letters from Home: The Creation of Diaspora in Jewish Antiquity

Malka Z. Simkovich

Interview

Portrait of an Artist, a Family, and Dramatic Social Change: A Conversation with Jean Strouse

Carol Kaufman

November 19, 2024

Essay

An Artful Alliance

Jean Strouse

November 18, 2024

Cover of Jewish Country Houses

Jewish Country Houses

Juliet Carey and Abigail Green, ed.; Hélène Binet, photographer

Cover of Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City

Cover of Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo

Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo

Cover of Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe

Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe

Cover of Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond

Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond

Laurel Kratochvila

Cover of The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century

The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century

Cover of Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust

Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust

Janet Singer Applefield