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Recommended Reading

The World of Chaim Grade: Books About Jewish Life in Pre-World War II Eastern Europe

Altie Karper

March 24, 2025

Excerpt

Excerpt: Sons and Daughters

Chaim Grade, Rose Waldman

March 24, 2025

Cover of Lublin

Manya Wilkinson

Cover of Unbinding Isaac

Unbinding Isaac

Cover of The Tears & Prayers of Fools

The Tears & Prayers of Fools

Grigory Kanovich; Mary Ann Szporluk, trans.

Cover of Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices

Straw Bag, Tin Box, Cloth Suitcase: Three Immigrant Voices

Jane Yolen, Marjorie Lotfi, and Raquel Elizabeth Artiga de Paz; Fotini Tikkou, illus.

Cover of When the Angels Left the Old Country

When the Angels Left the Old Country

Cover of From a Distant Relation

From a Distant Relation

Mikhah Yosef Berdichevsky; James Adam Redfield, ed. and trans.

Fiction

Land of Milk and Honey

Gina Pfeffer-Mulligan

July 11, 2022

Cover of From the Jewish Provinces: Selected Stories

From the Jewish Provinces: Selected Stories

Fradl Shtok, Allison Schachter and Jordan D. Finkin (Translators)

Essay

Welcome to ‘The Village Life’

Izzy Abrahmson

October 12, 2021

Poetry

Narrative Painting #38

Babo Kamel

October 4, 2021

Cover of The Woodcarver's Daughter

The Woodcarver’s Daughter

Yona Zeldis McDonough, Kaja Kajfez (Illustrator)

Cover of The Sweet Fragrance of Life: & Other Horror Stories

The Sweet Fragrance of Life: & Other Horror Stories

Elizabeth Schwartz

Cover of Nathan's Song

Nathan’s Song

Leda Schubert, Maya Ish-Shalom (Illustrator)

Cover of The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art

The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice With Art

Cynthia Levinson, Evan Turk (Illustrator)