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Nonfiction Testimony: The Legacy of Schindler’s List and the USC Shoah Foundation Stephen Smith
Essay Bringing to Light Quiet Heroism Steven Pressman is the director and producer of the HBO documentary film “50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus,” which led to his new book, 50… Steven Pressman May 19, 2014
Nonfiction Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust — Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour James A. Grymes
Nonfiction The Fantastic Laboratory of Dr. Weigl: How Two Brave Scientists Battled Typhus and Sabotaged the Nazis Arthur Allen
Interview Interview: Steven Pressman by Elise CooperHolocaust Remembrance Day emphasizes the response of Americans to near-annihilation of the Jews in Europe. A recently published book by Steven… Elise Cooper April 28, 2014
Nonfiction 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany Steven Pressman
Recommended Reading The Jews and the Second World War: A Reading List Earlier this week, Gwen Edelman wrote about building a walled ghetto in the middle of a city and a recent visit to Warsaw. Her most recent novel, The… Gwen Edelman April 25, 2014
Nonfiction The Clandestine History of the Kovno Jewish Ghetto Police Anonymous Members of the Kovno Jewish Ghetto Police
Essay How Far Would You Go For Your Passion? Lisa Barr is the author of the award-winning debut novel, Fugitive Colors (Arcade), a suspenseful tale of an artist’s revenge on the “eve” of WWII. Today, she chimes… Lisa Barr March 27, 2014
Interview Interview: Slavko Goldstein by Elise CooperA conversation with Slavko Goldstein about recently published book, 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning (New York Review of Books).Elise Cooper: Do… Elise Cooper March 25, 2014
Essay How the Rabbi Hooked Me In 2009, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi asked N.Y. Times best-selling author Sara Davidson to talk with him about “The December Project.” He wanted to help people not… Sara Davidson March 24, 2014
Nonfiction Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz Thomas Harding
Nonfiction How the Jews Defeated Hitler: Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism Benjamin Ginsberg
