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History

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The Crooked Mir­ror: A Mem­oir of Pol­ish-Jew­ish Reconciliation
Louise Stein­man
Essay

The Mish­pocheh Connection

Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
Jonathan Kirsch
May 10, 2013
Essay

Kristall­nacht and Her­schel Grynszpan

Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
Jonathan Kirsch
May 9, 2013
Essay

A Scan­dalous The­o­ry of Defense and Her­schel Grynszpan

Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
Jonathan Kirsch
May 8, 2013
Essay

Restor­ing Her­schel Gryn­sz­pan to the Pages of History

Jonathan Kirsch, book edi­tor of The Jew­ish Jour­nal, con­tributes book reviews to the print and online edi­tions and blogs at www​.jew​ishjour​nal​.com/​t​w​e​l​v​e​t​welve.…
Jonathan Kirsch
May 7, 2013
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The Short, Strange Life of Her­schel Gryn­sz­pan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplo­mat, and a Mur­der in Paris
Jonathan Kirsch
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The Intel­lec­tu­al His­to­ry and Rab­binic Cul­ture of Medieval Ashkenaz
Ephraim Kanarfogel
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Jews of Nige­ria: An Afro-Juda­ic Odyssey
William F.S. Miles
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The Syn­a­gogues of New York’s Low­er East Side: A Ret­ro­spec­tive and Con­tem­po­rary View, Sec­ond Edition
Gerard R. Wolfe; Joseph Berger, fwd.
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Super­man Ver­sus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Sto­ry of How the Icon­ic Super­hero Bat­tled the Men of Hate
Richard Bowers
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Super­man: The High-Fly­ing His­to­ry of Amer­i­ca’s Most Endur­ing Hero
Lar­ry Tye
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Anti-Judaism: The West­ern Tradition
David Niren­berg
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The Amer­i­can Jew­ish Sto­ry through Cinema
Eric A. Goldman
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Hunt­ing Down the Jews: Vichy, the Nazis and Mafia Col­lab­o­ra­tors in Provence, 1942 – 1944
Isaac Levendal and Bernard Weisz; Serge Klarsfeld, fwd.
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The Mar­cel Net­work: How One French Cou­ple Saved 527 Chil­dren from the Holocaust
Fred Coleman
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Süssen Is Now Free of Jews: World War II, The Holo­caust, and Rur­al Judaism
Gilya Gerda Schmidt
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