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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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    Where Mem­o­ry Leads
    Saul Friedlander
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    When Mem­o­ry Comes
    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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    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
    Cover of Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark
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    Courage & Defi­ance: Sto­ries of Spies, Sabo­teurs, and Sur­vivors in World War II Denmark
    Deborah Hopkinson
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    Chil­dren’s
    Anti-Semi­tism: Jew­ish Immi­grants Seek Safe­ty in Amer­i­ca (1881−1914)
    Dava Pressberg
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    Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Yid­dish­land: A His­to­ry of Jew­ish Radicalism
    Alain Brossat and Sylvia Klingberg
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    The Star and the Stripes: A His­to­ry of the For­eign Poli­cies of Amer­i­can Jews
    Michael N. Barnett
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