Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Jewish Honor Courts: Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust

Jewish Honor Courts: Revenge, Retribution, and Reconciliation in Europe and Israel after the Holocaust

Laura Jockusch and Gabriel N. Finder, eds.

Cover of The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne

The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime Jedwabne

Anna Bikont, Alissa Valles, trans.

Cover of KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps

KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps

Nikolaus Wachsmann

Cover of The Kabbalistic Tree / האילן הקבלי

The Kabbalistic Tree / האילן הקבלי

Essay

Writing ‘The Man Who Stalked Einstein’

This week, Bruce J. Hillman shares the story behind his first non-medical book, The Man Who Stalked Einstein: How Nazi Scientist Philipp Lenard Changed the Course of…

Bruce J. Hillman

December 28, 2015

Cover of Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism

Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism

Robert C. Holub

Cover of The Literature of the Holocaust

The Literature of the Holocaust

Cover of Leaving the Jewish Fold: Conversation and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History

Leaving the Jewish Fold: Conversation and Radical Assimilation in Modern Jewish History

Todd M. Endelman

Cover of Roman Vishniac Rediscovered

Roman Vishniac Rediscovered

Cover of Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th Century Yemen

Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th Century Yemen

Cover of Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran

Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran

Jason Sion Mokhtarian

Cover of Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule

Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule

Beverley Chalmers

Cover of Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 1929

Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 1929

Interview

Interview: Anne C. Heller

with Philip K. JasonAnne C. Heller’s skillfully pithy biography of Hannah Arendt sparked new questions about one of the most famous and controversial philosophers…

Philip K. Jason

December 6, 2015

News

Writing Across the Linguae Francae of Midcentury Jewish America

Posted by Nat BernsteinJewish Book Council is proud to announce the realization of its project to create a digitized archive of the Jewish Book Annual in…

Nat Bernstein

November 23, 2015

Essay

History and Historians

Eric Gartman is the author of Return from Zion: The History of Modern Israel. He will be blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series on The…

Eric Gartman

November 9, 2015