Blast by Claire Deya
Translator: Adriana Hunter An unforgettable portrait of suffering, hope, and love in post–World War II France, this cinematic debut novel uncovers the secrets of a little-known era. In spring of 1945, the war is...
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I Seek a Kind Person by Julian Borger
My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust This gripping family memoir of grief, courage, and hope tells the hidden stories of children who escaped the Holocaust, building connections...
Biblical Sinai traditions by Israel Knohl
This book discusses the the beginning of writing and the Beginning of Biblical Literature. Making the claim that the poetic descriptions of God’s appearance from Sinai and the giving of commandments are older than...
Profits and Persecution: German Big Business in the Nazi Economy and the Holocaust by Peter Hayes
What role did German big business play in the persecution of European Jews during the Holocaust? What were its motivations? And how did it respond to changing social and economic circumstances after the war?...
Bronshtein in the Bronx by Robert Littell
A wry, thought-provoking fictional portrayal of ten pivotal weeks in the life of Leon Trotsky, inspired by the Russian revolutionary’s exile in New York City in 1917, by the New York Times bestselling author...
Holocaust: German History and Our Half-Jewish Family by Thomas Paul Bernstein
This compelling family history spans from the 1890s to the 21st century, weaving personal stories into the broader fabric of German history to reveal a deeply moving account of survival, courage, and resilience. At...
Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka by Joela Jacobs
German Jewish Cultures Between the Kaiser’s and Hitler’s Reichs, the genre of die Groteske, or the German literary grotesque, sold out cabarets, drew droves of radio listeners, and created bestsellers with its irreverent comedy...
The Dying Child: The Death and Personhood of Children in Ancient Israel by Kristine Henriksen Garroway
The death of a child is perhaps the most painful, heartbreaking, and seemingly-unnatural experience we have the displeasure of living with. Yet it is difficult to say with certainty whether or not this sentiment...
Shiva: Poems of October 7 by Rachel Korazim, Michael Bohnen, Heather Silverman, editors
In the months following the horrors of October 7th, Israelis wrote poems to express the nation’s feelings and emotions. Well-known poets alongside new fresh voices appeared daily on social media and in the literary...
The Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice by Jack Fairweather
From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Volunteer, the powerful true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after World War II to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself...
