Saving Freud by Andrew Nagorski
The Rescuers Who Brought Him to Freedom A dramatic true story about Sigmund Freud’s last-minute escape to London following the German annexation of Austria and the group of friends who made it possible. In...
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Sayeret Matkal: The Greatest Operations of Israel’s Elite Commandos by Avner Shur, Aviram Halevi
Sayeret Matkal depicts the greatest operations of Israel’s elite commando force from the perspective of the people who were there—the soldiers and their commanders, many of whom became Israel’s top leaders and politicians: people...
A Brilliant Commodity by Saskia Coenen Snyder
Diamonds and Jews in a Modern Setting Following diamonds from African mines to the necklines of high society women, this international history shows why Jews were central to the transatlantic gem trade and its...
Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport by Caren Stelson
Illustrator: Selina Alko This powerful story is told from the collective perspective of the children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, as Hitler’s campaign of hatred toward Jews...
Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff
A woman must rescue her cousin’s family from a train bound for Auschwitz in this riveting tale of bravery and resistance, from the bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris 1942. Hannah Martel...
A Banker’s Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire by Daniel Gross
Who was Edmond J. Safra? “The greatest banker of his generation,” in the estimation of a former World Bank President. The founder of four massive financial institutions on three continents, and a proud child...
The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto by Daniel Boyarin
Today there are two seemingly mutually exclusive notions of what “the Jews” are: either a religion or a nation/ethnicity. The widespread conception is that the Jews were formerly either a religious community in exile...
The 47 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in January 2023
Here is the list of the 47 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in January 2023. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you to the book’s page on Amazon;...
Salt & Honey: Jewish Teens on Feminism, Creativity, and Tradition by Elizabeth Mandel (editor)
In 78 vibrant works by 62 gifted contributors, Jewish girls, young women, and nonbinary teens voice their celebrations and challenges, their anger and their eagerness in essays, poetry, and visual art. And their themes...
Invited to Life: Finding Hope after the Holocaust by B. A. Van Sise
With: Mayim Bialik, Neil Gaiman, Sabrina Orah Mark A moving and joyful celebration of not only survival but also resilience and joy, expressed through 90 black-and-white portraits of Holocaust survivors and personal stories of...
