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Translator: Madeline G. Levine In 1943, the twenty-year-old Polish poet Tadeusz Borowski was arrested and deported to Auschwitz as a political prisoner. What he experienced in the camp left him convinced that no one...
How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century Warm and Welcoming: How the Jewish Community Can Become Truly Diverse and Inclusive in the 21st Century is the first...
The Extraordinary Journey of a Multi-Racial Jewish Family An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic...
In March of 1944, at age 10, little Eva was arrested with her entire family, including her twin sister, Miriam, for the “crime” of being Jewish. Nazis loaded Eva and her family into a...
In more than five decades as a reporter, editor and publisher, Peter Osnos has had an especially good view of momentous events and relationships with some of the most influential personalities of our time....
The Jewish community in India comprises a tiny but important part of the population. There are around five thousand Jews and five Jewish communities in India, but they are fast diminishing in number. Intrigued...
Illustrator: Bethany Stancliffe In Eliza Davis’s day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. But some of his books reflected a prejudice that was all too common at the time: prejudice...
Illustrator: Kelly Tindall Show Me History! How did this peace-loving man become the father of the atomic bomb? Find out inside! By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand—and measure—space and time....
New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor–winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg’s life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she’s forced to grapple with...
A Jake McGreevy Novel How do a baking contest and a mission from World War II combine? With a whisk . . . and some risk! The wit and charm of The Great British...