Items with the category: History | Jewish Book Council

Cover of Laboratory for World Destruction: Germans and Jews in Central Europe

Laboratory for World Destruction: Germans and Jews in Central Europe

Robert S. Wistrich

Cover of The Jewish Community of Salonika: History, Memory, Identity

The Jewish Community of Salonika: History, Memory, Identity

Cover of Torah Through Time: Understanding Bible Commentary From the Rabbinic Period to Modern Times

Torah Through Time: Understanding Bible Commentary From the Rabbinic Period to Modern Times

Cover of 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East

1967: Israel, the War, and the Year That Transformed the Middle East

Tom Segev; Jessica Cohen, trans.

Cover of From Rebel to Rabbi: Reclaiming Jesus and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture

From Rebel to Rabbi: Reclaiming Jesus and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture

Matthew Hoffman

Cover of Thugs: How History's Most Notorious Despots Transformed the World Through Terror, Tyranny and Mass Murder

Thugs: How History’s Most Notorious Despots Transformed the World Through Terror, Tyranny and Mass Murder

Micah D. Halpern

Cover of City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa

City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa

Essay

Historical Figure Fixation

Lavie Tidhar’s most recent novel is Osama (PS Publishing). He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.I might be obsessed with…

Lavie Tidhar

December 12, 2011

Cover of The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story

Cover of Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship

Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship

Cover of Witness

Ruth Gruber; Richard Holbrooke, fwd.

Cover of A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life

A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life

George Konrad; Jim Tucker, trans.; Michael Henry Heim, ed.

Cover of Fiorello's Sister: Gemma Laguardia Gluck's Story

Fiorello’s Sister: Gemma Laguardia Gluck’s Story

Rochelle G. Saidel, ed.

Cover of Contesting Histories: German and Jewish Americans and the Legacy of the Holocaust

Contesting Histories: German and Jewish Americans and the Legacy of the Holocaust

Michael Schuldiner

Cover of An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba

An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba

Cover of American Naturalism and the Jews: Garland, Norris, Dreiser, Wharton, and Cather

American Naturalism and the Jews: Garland, Norris, Dreiser, Wharton, and Cather