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Recommended Reading Irena Sendler Reading List Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIrena Sendler is one of the “Other Schindlers.” During World War II she helped create over 3,000 false documents to help… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 18, 2011
Essay Testifying for the Holocaust Last week, Deborah Lipstadt wrote about eerie anniversaries and Hannah Arendt. Her posts have been appearing as a part of Jewish Book… Deborah E. Lipstadt May 2, 2011
Essay Hannah Arendt and the Eichmann Trial On Monday, Deborah Lipstadt wrote about eerie anniversaries. She is the author of the new book The Eichmann Trial. I have spent much of the past few weeks… Deborah E. Lipstadt April 29, 2011
Essay April 11th: An Eerie Confluence of Dates Deborah Lipstadt’s most recent book, The Eichmann Trial, is now available. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Deborah E. Lipstadt April 27, 2011
News Sarah’s Key: The Movie Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterSarah’s Key (Tatiana de Rosnay) will hit the big screens in July: Naomi Firestone-Teeter March 24, 2011
Recommended Reading Imre Kertesz’s “Fiasco” Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterMelville House is publishing Imre Kertész’s Fiasco later this month. Considered to be the “untranslated “missing” book from… Naomi Firestone-Teeter March 17, 2011
Recommended Reading Deborah Lipstadt Podcast Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJBC friend, author, and Rohr judge Deborah Lipstadt has a new book: The Eichmann Trial . The Eichmann Trial, which… Naomi Firestone-Teeter March 16, 2011
Essay Are You, Or Have You Ever Been, a Jewish Writer? Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterGabriel Brownstein reflects on what it means to be a Jewish writer, muses on the classic greats (Roth, Ozick, Malamud, Bellow),… JBC Staff March 4, 2011
Essay Not a Historical Record Earlier this week, Ruth Franklin wrote about sharing a stage with Yann Martel and discussed whether anything new can be said about the Holocaust. She… Ruth Franklin November 24, 2010
Essay Holes Ruth Franklin is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction. She will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book… Ruth Franklin November 22, 2010
Recommended Reading Looking forward to 2011: Quiet Americans Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterJBC friend, author, and blogger Erika Dreifus just launched the website for her first work of fiction, Quiet AmericansA high-ranking… Naomi Firestone-Teeter August 20, 2010
Essay The Biggest Cemetery in the World Yesterday, Joshua Cohen told us how to write a book like Coney Island. His new novel, Witz, is now available.This second blogpost is about two experiences… Joshua Cohen June 2, 2010
Essay Notes from Mishkenot Sha’ananim: Holocaust Writing This week Bob Goldfarb, a regular reviewer for Jewish Book World, is blogging about the International Writers’ Festival at Mishkenot Sha’ananim in… Bob Goldfarb May 4, 2010
Recommended Reading Among the Righteous- Arab Involvement in the Holocaust Posted by Libi AdlerIn 2007 Robert Satloff published his book Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands. In it he… Libi Adler March 16, 2010
