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Nonfiction My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair; Carolin Sommer, trans.
Nonfiction That Pride of Race and Character: The Roots of Jewish Benevolence in the Jim Crow South Caroline E. Light
Essay Jews and Slavery: Isaac Cardozo and Lydia Weston Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most eminent Jews in Georgia in the nineteenth century, and Clara Solomon, a Jewish girl… Sabra Waldfogel August 1, 2014
Essay Jews and Slavery: Clara Solomon and Lucy Lewis Earlier this week, Sabra Waldfogel wrote about Raphael Moses, one of the most eminent Jews in Georgia in the nineteenth century. She has recently published Slave and… Sabra Waldfogel July 30, 2014
Children’s Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education Norman H. Finkelstein
Essay So What the Heck Happened? Earlier this week, Mary Glickman wrote about the similarities in the cultural narratives of African Americans and Jews and a strange interview question. Her… Mary Glickman December 27, 2013
Essay There’s Something About Moses Earlier this week, Mary Glickman wrote about a strange interview question. Her most recent book, Marching to Zion (Open Road Media), is now available. She is… Mary Glickman December 25, 2013
Essay Is Your Husband Black? Mary Glickman is an author, a former free-lance copywriter, public relations professional, and fundraiser who has worked with many Jewish charities and… Mary Glickman December 23, 2013
Nonfiction Why Do Only White People Get Abducted by Aliens?: Teaching Lessons from the Bronx Ilana Garon
Nonfiction Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America: A Biography M. M. Silver
Interview An Interview with Adelle Waldman: Part I In this three-part interview series, JBC’s Nat Bernstein spoke with Adelle Waldman, whose debut novel The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. was recently published by Henry Holt… Nat Bernstein October 9, 2013
Nonfiction Living in Silverado: Secret Jews in the Silver Mining Towns of Colonial Mexico David M. Gitlitz
