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Cover of Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish

Occupied Words: What the Holocaust Did to Yiddish

Hannah Pollin-Galay

Cover of Bad Jew: A Family's Quest from the Minsk Ghetto to Netanyahu's Israel

Bad Jew: A Family’s Quest from the Minsk Ghetto to Netanyahu’s Israel

Piotr Smolar; Anthony Roberts, trans.

Cover of A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom

A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom

Excerpt

Excerpt — Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe

Ken Krimstein

August 19, 2024

Essay

Making the Revolution Jewish

Adam Jortner

August 19, 2024

Cover of Between the Bridge and the Barricade: Jewish Translation in Early Modern Europe

Between the Bridge and the Barricade: Jewish Translation in Early Modern Europe

Iris Idelson-Shein

Cover of (In)Sights: Peacemaking in the Oslo Process Thirty Years and Counting

(In)Sights: Peacemaking in the Oslo Process Thirty Years and Counting

Gidi (Gideon) Grinstein and Ari Afilalo

Cover of Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir

Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir

Cover of Final Verdict: The Holocaust on Trial in the 21st Century

Final Verdict: The Holocaust on Trial in the 21st Century

Cover of How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500

How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800‑1500

Cover of Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins

Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins

Jacob L. Wright

Cover of Just City: Growing Up on the Upper West Side When Housing Was a Human Right

Just City: Growing Up on the Upper West Side When Housing Was a Human Right

Cover of Inseparable: A Holocaust Survival Story

Inseparable: A Holocaust Survival Story

Cover of Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America

Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America

Cover of The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld

The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld

Cover of Perfect Match: The Story of Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton

Perfect Match: The Story of Althea Gibson and Angela Buxton

Lori Dubbin; Amanda Quartey, illus.