Jewish category: 3083 books
Underground to Palestine
And Other Writing on Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
A moving and unforgettable eyewitness account of the courageous exodus of Holocaust survivors from post–World War II Europe to the Promised Land, now expanded with Stone’s frontline reporting on the Arab-Israeli crises of 1948–49 and the Suez War of 1956, and with a new foreword by D. D. Guttenplan
In...
by Edward Watson
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
With the Nazi invasion of Hungary underway, the German army was determined to round up as many Jews as they could and place them into concentration camps. “A Doctor in Auschwitz” is a harrowing tale of survival. It follows one Jewish doctor who was spared and forced to perform experiments on his...
World of Our Fathers
The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
The National Book Award–winning, New York Times–bestselling history of Yiddish-speaking immigrants on the Lower East Side and beyond.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, two million Jewish immigrants poured into America, leaving places like Warsaw or the Russian shtetls...
by Amos Elon
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2014
“Superb… The first critical analysis of Israel written from within... It's a deliberate act of self-awareness, exploring how a people got where they are.” — ***Time***
“The most illuminating, even-handed, candid appraisal of the contemporary Jewish condition yet to appear” — ***Newsweek***
“[A]...
Out of Passau
Leaving a City Hitler Called Home
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
The true story behind the film The Nasty Girl: A memoir by a German woman who uncovered her hometown’s war crimes and complicity with the Nazis.
Nestled along the Danube in southern Germany, Passau is a pleasant tourist destination known for its historic buildings and scenic views at the...
Maybe Esther
A Family Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
An inventive, unique, and extraordinarily moving debut memoir that pieces together the fascinating story of one woman’s family across twentieth-century Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany.
Katja Petrowskaja wanted to create a kind of family tree, charting relatives who had scattered across...
by Summary Station
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Once through the Preface and Introduction sections of Spymistress, chapter one details some of the history and beginnings which shaped the early life of Vera Atkins. Beginning with her birth in Romania and telling of her relationship with her father, Max Rosenberg. Rosenberg became somewhat of a mystery...
Holocaust Justice
The Battle for Restitution in America's Courts
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
The Holocaust was not only the greatest murder in history; it was also the greatest theft. Historians estimate that the Nazis stole roughly $230 billion to $320 billion in assets (figured in today’s dollars), from the Jews of Europe. Since the revelations concerning the wartime activities of the...
by Helen Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Where She Came From: A Daughter's Search for Her Mother's History by Helen Epstein (106,000 words)
A sequel to the groundbreaking Children of the Holocaust, Where She Came From is a daughter’s memoir of her mother’s family. Drawing on her journalistic training, Helen Epstein demonstrates...
The Family
A Journey into the Heart of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The author of the The Children’s Blizzard delivers an epic work of twentieth century history through the riveting story of one extraordinary Jewish family
In tracing the roots of this family—his own family—Laskin captures the epic sweep of the twentieth century. A modern-day scribe, Laskin...
Night
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
A memorial edition of Elie Wiesel’s seminal memoir of surviving the Nazi death camps, with tributes by President Obama and Samantha Power
When Elie Wiesel died in July 2016, the White House issued a memorial statement in which President Barack Obama called him “the conscience of the world.”...
What You Did Not Tell
A Russian Past and the Journey Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
****NAMED FINANCIAL TIMES "TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR"**
**NAMED EVENING STANDARD "BOOK OF THE YEAR"**
**NAMED NEW STATESMAN "BEST BOOK OF 2017"**
A warm and intimate memoir by an acclaimed historian that explores the European struggles of the twentieth century through...
Jews in an Arab Land
Libya, 1835–1970
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Internationally renowned scholar Renzo De Felice’s pioneering study of the Jews of Libya is, in many ways, a microcosm of the major sources of conflict in the modern Middle East. This is the first English translation of Ebrei in un paese arabo, originally published by Il Mulino, Bologna, in 1978.The...
by Sholom Aleichem
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Seven childrens' tales, from one of the world's greatest writers of Yiddish stories. Centering around the Jewish holidays, stories include "Benny's Luck," about the amazing good fortune of a young boy and his dreydl, and "Really a Sukkah!" a glimpse of a busy holiday celebration that ends less happily than it began.