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Nonfiction The Origins of Israel, 1882 – 1948: A Documentary History Eran Kaplan & Derek J. Penslar, eds.
Essay Historians, Biographers Dr. Abigail Green is the author of Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Abigail Green May 7, 2012
Essay Blazing Saddles It Wasn’t Earlier this week, Gerald Kolpan shared the story behind Eli Gershonson, a photo gallery of some of the historical figures in his novel, and the… Gerald Kolpan May 4, 2012
Essay The Historical Figures in Gerald Kolpan’s Magic Words Visiting Scribe blogger Gerald Kolpan shares some of the historical figures in his newest novel, Magic Words: The Tale of a Jewish Boy-Interpreter, the World’s… Gerald Kolpan May 1, 2012
Nonfiction My Mother’s Spice Cupboard: A Journey from Baghdad to Bombay to Bondi Elana Benjamin
Nonfiction Hidden America: From Coal Miners to Cowboys, an Extraordinary Exploration of the Unseen People Who Make This Country Work Jeanne Marie Laskas
Nonfiction The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau Alex Kershaw
Nonfiction Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals and Reagan’s Rise to Power Seth Rosenfeld
