Skip to main content
Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, found­ed in 1943, is the longest-run­n­ing orga­ni­za­tion devot­ed exclu­sive­ly to the sup­port and cel­e­bra­tion of Jew­ish literature.

Get the latest reviews, news, and more in your inbox.

Invalid email address

Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Main navigation

  • Books

    Find the lat­est book reviews, read­ing lists, and edi­tors’ books, and search JBC’s data­base of over 8,000 titles. 

    • Book Search
    • Reading Lists
    • Israel Bookshelf
    • Global Jewish Literary Alliance
    • Review for Us
    • Submit a Book for Review

    Editors' Picks

    Cover of Flower of Vlora: Growing up Jewish in Communist Albania
    Flower of Vlo­ra: Grow­ing up Jew­ish in Com­mu­nist Albania
    Cover of The 12th Commandment
    The 12th Commandment
  • Book Clubs

    Find the lat­est month­ly picks, dis­cus­sion ques­tions and resource guides, and the lat­est books in paperback.

    • Monthly Picks
    • Starting a Book Club
    • Live Chat
    • Book Club Guides

    June Picks

    Cover of All-Night Pharmacy
    All-Night Phar­ma­cy
    Cover of Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir
    Kiss­ing Girls on Shab­bat: A Memoir
  • PB Daily
  • Paper Brigade

    JBC’s print lit­er­ary jour­nal Paper Brigade pro­vides a 200-page snap­shot of the Jew­ish lit­er­ary land­scape in Amer­i­ca and abroad. Find the lat­est issues, infor­ma­tion on the Paper Brigade New Israeli Fic­tion prize, adver­tis­ing details, and more.

    • Stockists
    • Submissions
    • Advertising
    • New Israeli Fiction Prize

    The Latest Issues

    Paper Brigade Vol­ume Eight
    $25.00
    Paper Brigade Vol­ume Seven
    $25.00
  • JBC Authors

    Find infor­ma­tion on becom­ing a tour­ing authors and how to bring an author into your community.

    • Network
    • Read On
    • View All Authors
    • Member Sites
    • Member Site Resources

    Featured Authors

    Photo of Maya Arad
    Maya Arad
    Photo of Benyamin Cohen
    Benyamin Cohen
  • Awards

    Search over 70 years of Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award win­ners and final­ists and find the lat­est Natan Notable Books.

    • National Jewish Book Awards
    • Natan Notable Books
    • Jewish Book Marketing Grants

    Recent Awardees

    Cover of 10/7: 100 Human Stories
    10/7: 100 Human Stories
    Cover of Songs for the Brokenhearted: A Novel
    Songs for the Bro­ken­heart­ed: A Novel
  • Events
  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Support
Searching...

Items with the category:

History

Cover of The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe
Visu­al Arts
The Posthu­mous Land­scape: Rem­nants of Jew­ish Life in East­ern Europe
David Kauf­man
Cover of Family Treasures Lost and Found
Non­fic­tion
Fam­i­ly Trea­sures Lost and Found
Karen A. Frenkel
Cover of Standing on the Crack: The Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle's Gilded Age
Non­fic­tion
Stand­ing on the Crack: The Lega­cy of Five Jew­ish Fam­i­lies from Seat­tle’s Gild­ed Age
Karen Treiger
Cover of A Light in the Northern Sea: Denmark’s Incredible Rescue of Their Jewish Citizens During WWII
Non­fic­tion
A Light in the North­ern Sea: Denmark’s Incred­i­ble Res­cue of Their Jew­ish Cit­i­zens Dur­ing WWII
Tim Brady
Cover of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Jew: Learning to Love the Lessons of Jew Hatred
Non­fic­tion
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Jew: Learn­ing to Love the Lessons of Jew Hatred
Raphael Shore
Cover of Noble Fragments: The Gripping Story of the Antiquarian Bookseller Who Broke Up a Gutenberg Bible
Non­fic­tion
Noble Frag­ments: The Grip­ping Sto­ry of the Anti­quar­i­an Book­seller Who Broke Up a Guten­berg Bible
Michael Vison­tay
Cover of The Woman With Fifty Faces: Maria Lani & The Greatest Art Heist That Never Was
Fic­tion
The Woman With Fifty Faces: Maria Lani & The Great­est Art Heist That Nev­er Was
Jonathan Lack­man
Cover of Finding Ruby: The Bright and Dark Sides of a Family’s Fervent Idealism
Non­fic­tion
Find­ing Ruby: The Bright and Dark Sides of a Family’s Fer­vent Idealism
Richard Roth­man
Cover of Stories They Never Told Us
Non­fic­tion
Sto­ries They Nev­er Told Us
Janette Sil­ver­man
Cover of Antisemitism, an American Tradition
Non­fic­tion
Anti­semitism, an Amer­i­can Tradition
Pamela S. Nadell
Cover of Paris Undercover: A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal
Non­fic­tion
Paris Under­cov­er: A Wartime Sto­ry of Courage, Friend­ship, and Betrayal
Matthew Good­man
Cover of Unveiled: Inside Iran's #WomanLifeFreedom Revolt
Non­fic­tion
Unveiled: Inside Iran’s #Wom­an­Life­Free­dom Revolt
Jonathan Harounoff
Cover of Hiding Mengele: How a Nazi Network Harbored the Angel of Death
Non­fic­tion
Hid­ing Men­gele: How a Nazi Net­work Har­bored the Angel of Death
Beti­na Anton
Cover of The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood
Non­fic­tion
The Boys in the Light: An Extra­or­di­nary World War II Sto­ry of Sur­vival, Faith, and Brotherhood
Nina Will­ner
Cover of Becoming Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Origin Story of a Modern Basketball Superstar
Non­fic­tion
Becom­ing Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Ori­gin Sto­ry of a Mod­ern Bas­ket­ball Superstar
Howard Meg­dal
Cover of Radical Sisters: Shirley Temple Black, Rose Kushner, Evelyn Lauder and the Dawn of the Breast Cancer Movement
Non­fic­tion
Rad­i­cal Sis­ters: Shirley Tem­ple Black, Rose Kush­n­er, Eve­lyn Laud­er and the Dawn of the Breast Can­cer Movement
Judith L. Pearson
Pagination
  • Previous page Previous
  • Current page5
  • Next page Next
Pagination
  • First page 1
  • …
  • Page3
  • Page4
  • Current page5
  • Page6
  • Page7
  • …
  • Last page 114

Stay Updated with Our Newsletter

Invalid email address
Join Us

Mem­bers receive valu­able ben­e­fits includ­ing spe­cial dis­counts, lit­er­ary gifts, and exclu­sive con­tent, while help­ing JBC to sup­port and cel­e­brate Jew­ish literature.

Become a Member
Jewish Book Council

Footer

  • Donate
  • Book Search
  • Contact Us
  • Advertising
  • FAQ
  • Bookstore Guide
  • Report­ing Anti­semitism
Connect with Us
Support Us
  • Amazon Smile
Jewish Book Council Platinum Transparency Guidestar Candid Seal 2024
Four-Star seal from Charity Navigator
Copyright © 2025 Jewish Book Council
  • Accessibility
  • Financials