Items with the tag: yiddish | Jewish Book Council

Cover of A Lingering Legacy: The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818-1938

A Lingering Legacy: The Afterlife of Yiddish in German-Jewish Culture, 1818 – 1938

Essay

Revolution and Radicals: How My Grandmother Inspired My Novel

Elaine Elinson

August 24, 2026

Cover of Paper Tombs: Post-Holocaust Memorial Books and Prewar Jewish Life

Paper Tombs: Post-Holocaust Memorial Books and Prewar Jewish Life

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Jewish Book Council’s July Reads

JBC Staff

July 13, 2026

Cover of Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World

Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World

Cover of In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union

In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union

Sasha Senderovich

Essay

Between Memory and Imagination: Understanding My Mother’s Childhood in Siberia

Zeeva Bukai

February 23, 2026

Cover of Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America

Playmakers: The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America

Cover of Crude Creatures: Confronting Representations of Black People in Yiddish Culture

Crude Creatures: Confronting Representations of Black People in Yiddish Culture

Cover of Yiddish: A Global Culture: Bold Lives, Boundless Creativity

Yiddish: A Global Culture: Bold Lives, Boundless Creativity

Interview—From the Journal

The Treasure Hunter: A Conversation with Aaron Lansky

Isadora Kianovsky

December 17, 2025

Cover of The Shepherd's Hour

The Shepherd’s Hour

Cover of Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes

Adventures of Max Spitzkopf: The Yiddish Sherlock Holmes

Jonas Kreppel; Mikhl Yashinsky, trans.

Cover of Christmas in Yiddish Tradition: The Untold Story

Christmas in Yiddish Tradition: The Untold Story

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Jewish Book Month 100: A Book for Every Decade

JBC Staff

November 10, 2025

Cover of Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children's Literature

Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature