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    Items with the tag:

    amsterdam

    Cover of The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt
    Visu­al Arts
    The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt
    Michele L. Frederick
    Abi­gail Rapoport
    Cover of The Many Lives of Anne Frank
    Non­fic­tion
    The Many Lives of Anne Frank
    Ruth Franklin
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    Book Talk: The Many Lives of Anne Frank

    Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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    Cen­ter for Jew­ish History 

    Cover of When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
    Chil­dren’s
    When We Flew Away: A Nov­el of Anne Frank Before the Diary
    Alice Hoff­man
    Cover of Inseparable: A Holocaust Survival Story
    Non­fic­tion
    Insep­a­ra­ble: A Holo­caust Sur­vival Story
    Faris Cas­sell
    Cover of Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah
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    Spin­oza: Free­dom’s Messiah
    Ian Buru­ma
    Cover of The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal
    Non­fic­tion
    The Last Secret of the Secret Annex: The Untold Sto­ry of Anne Frank, Her Silent Pro­tec­tor, and a Fam­i­ly Betrayal
    Joop van Wijk-Voskuijl
    Jeroen De Bruyn
    Essay

    The Most Want­ed Woman in WWII Nether­lands: Han­nie Schaft

    Buzzy Jack­son
    May 1, 2023
    Essay

    A Diary Archive in Ams­ter­dam Offers a Trove of Untold Stories

    Nina Sie­gal
    February 20, 2023
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    Fic­tion
    The Boy Behind the Door: How Salomon Kool Escaped the Nazis
    David Tabatsky
    Essay

    The High Nest: A Sto­ry of Jew­ish Resistance

    Rox­ane van Iperen
    August 30, 2021
    Essay

    ‘Expos­ing the Foun­da­tions’: Emu­na Elon on WWII Ams­ter­dam in Her New Nov­el, House on End­less Waters

    Emu­na Elon
    April 6, 2020
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    Fic­tion
    House on End­less Waters
    Emuna Elon; Anthony Berris and Linda Yechiel, trans.
    Cover of Menasseh ben Israel: Rabbi of Amsterdam
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    Menasseh ben Israel: Rab­bi of Amsterdam
    Steven Nadler
    Essay

    On Being Jew­ish in Amsterdam

    Nina Sie­gal grew up in New York City and Great Neck, Long Island, but these days she lives in Ams­ter­dam, the Nether­lands, where she works as an author and a fre­quent…
    Nina Sie­gal
    June 23, 2014

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