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Non­fic­tion
Extrater­ri­to­r­i­al Dreams: Europe Cit­i­zen­ship, Sephar­di Jews, and the Ottoman Twen­ti­eth Century
Sarah Abre­vaya Stein
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Chil­dren’s
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Stu­dent Resis­tance Move­ment That Defied Adolf Hitler
Russell Freedman
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Non­fic­tion
Jew­ish Mag­ic before the Rise of Kabbalah
Yuval Harari
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Chil­dren’s
Ire­na’s Chil­dren: A True Sto­ry of Courage
Tillar Mazzeo; adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell
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The Meno­rah: From the Bible to Mod­ern Israel
Steven Fine
Essay

12 His­toric Forverts Front Pages

Ezra Glin­ter is the edi­tor of the new sto­ry anthol­o­gy Have I Got a Sto­ry for You: More Than a Cen­tu­ry of Fic­tion from The For­ward. With the offi­cial…
Ezra Glin­ter
December 5, 2016
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Non­fic­tion
When Mem­o­ry Comes
Saul Friedlander
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Non­fic­tion
Where Mem­o­ry Leads
Saul Friedlander
Essay

A Nazi Meet­ing at Madi­son Square Garden

Ear­li­er this week, Ezra Glin­ter wrote about the research behind his anthol­o­gy Have I Got a Sto­ry for You: More Than a Cen­tu­ry of Fic­tion from The…
Ezra Glin­ter
November 2, 2016
Essay

The Beau­ty of a Bio­graph­i­cal Dictionary

Ezra Glin­ter is the edi­tor of the new sto­ry anthol­o­gy Have I Got a Sto­ry for You: More Than a Cen­tu­ry of Fic­tion from The For­ward, out tomor­row from W.…
Ezra Glin­ter
October 31, 2016
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Empire of Decep­tion: The Incred­i­ble Sto­ry of a Mas­ter Swindler Who Seduced a City and Cap­ti­vat­ed the Nation
Dean Jobb
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Non­fic­tion
Final Solu­tion: The Fate of the Jews 1933 – 1949
David Cesarani
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The Plots Against Hitler
Danny Orbach
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Harm­ful and Unde­sir­able: Book Cen­sor­ship in Nazi Germany
Guenter Lewy
Essay

In Whose Image? Mai­monides Among the Por­traits of Lawgivers

Ear­li­er this week, Zev Eleff wrote about reli­gious dis­putes in Amer­i­can advice columns and how social media is impact­ing Mod­ern Ortho­dox Judaism. He has been guest…
Zev Eleff
August 26, 2016
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Lil­li’s Quest
Lila Perl
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