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Cover of City of Rogues and Schnorrers: Russia's Jews and the Myth of Old Odessa

City of Rogues and Schnorrers: Russia’s Jews and the Myth of Old Odessa

Cover of Saving Free Speech...from Itself

Saving Free Speech…from Itself

Thane Rosenbaum

Cover of Judaism: All That Matters

Judaism: All That Matters

Keith Kahn-Harris

Cover of Holocaust Literature: A History and Guide

Holocaust Literature: A History and Guide

David G. Roskies and Naomi Diamant

Cover of Jews Under Moroccan Skies: Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life

Jews Under Moroccan Skies: Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life

Raphael David Elmaleh and George Ricketts

Cover of The Split History of World War II

The Split History of World War II

Cover of Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History Through the Lives of its Foremost Leaders

Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History Through the Lives of its Foremost Leaders

Jack L. Schwartzwald

Cover of Jewhooing the Sixties: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity

Jewhooing the Sixties: American Celebrity and Jewish Identity

David E. Kaufman

Essay

Joanna Hershon on Assimilation and Romanticizing the Past

Earlier this week, Joanna Hershon wrote about an insult and a memorial service she attended for a friend’s father. Her new novel, A Dual…

Joanna Hershon

May 24, 2013

Recommended Reading

The Jews of Poland: Recollections and Recipes by Edouard de Pomiane

Last week, Rebecca Miller wrote about Gluckel of Hameln. She has been sharing texts that shed light on the history of Jewish life in France, the setting of her new…

Rebecca Miller

May 23, 2013

Cover of Sephardism: Spanish Jewish History and the Modern Literary Imagination

Sephardism: Spanish Jewish History and the Modern Literary Imagination

Yael Halevi-Wise, ed.

Cover of The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah”

The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah”

Cover of From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Suppressed, or Changed Ancient Myths and Legends

From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Suppressed, or Changed Ancient Myths and Legends

Avigdor Shinan and Yair Zakovitch; Valerie Zakovitch, trans.

Cover of The Trial of the Talmud: Paris, 1240

The Trial of the Talmud: Paris, 1240

John Friedman, Jean Connell Hoff & Robert Chazan

Cover of The Pendulum: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Forbidden Nazi Past

The Pendulum: A Granddaughter’s Search for Her Family’s Forbidden Nazi Past

Cover of Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust

Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust