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She Was in Auschwitz, but ‘Had No Idea She Is in the Holocaust’

Prof. Hanna Yablonka, who pioneered the translation of Julia Skodova’s memoir into Hebrew, describes this unique report by a woman who was there from the first moments of the Final Solution

The Nazi Billionaires Who Made a Killing During the Holocaust The Nazi Billionaires Who Made a Fortune During the Holocaust

Author Anne Berest Was Afraid of Her Jewishness. Then She Received This Postcard Author Anne Berest Was Afraid of Her Jewishness. Then She Received an Unusual Postcard

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The British Hangman Who Executed Belsen's Most Sadistic Nazis

Shortly Before Her Death, Eva Revealed the Diary She Wrote at Bergen-Belsen

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Haim Gouri, Shaper of Israel's National Memory

Amos Oz, a Fanatic of the Two-state Solution

Helmut Kohl, 1930-2017: King of Two Unifications

Telling the Holocaust Story of a Grandmother Who Refused to Speak

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She Was in Auschwitz, but ‘Had No Idea She Is in the Holocaust’

The Nazi Billionaires Who Made a Killing During the Holocaust The Nazi Billionaires Who Made a Fortune During the Holocaust

Author Anne Berest Was Afraid of Her Jewishness. Then She Received This Postcard Author Anne Berest Was Afraid of Her Jewishness. Then She Received an Unusual Postcard

The British Hangman Who Executed Belsen's Most Sadistic Nazis

Shortly Before Her Death, Eva Revealed the Diary She Wrote at Bergen-Belsen

For These Jewish Vigilantes, the War Against Fascism Didn’t End in 1945

How the Book of Leviticus Inspired a Gay Jewish Author's New Novel

Haim Gouri, Shaper of Israel's National Memory

Amos Oz, a Fanatic of the Two-state Solution

Helmut Kohl, 1930-2017: King of Two Unifications

Telling the Holocaust Story of a Grandmother Who Refused to Speak

Israel’s First Nobel Laureate Was Asked Not to Mess Up the Library

Leila Slimani's Story Begins With Murdered Kids and Ends With a Prize Leila Slimani's Story Begins With Two Murdered Kids and Ends With the Prestigious Goncourt

Brighton Beach, Bat Yam and the New Jewish Exile

The Price of Conscientious Objection The Price an Unwavering Israeli Leftist Paid for Conscientious Objection

Obama Recommends Israeli Historian's 'Sapiens' Obama Recommends Israeli Historian's 'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind'

Anne Frank’s Copy of 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' Auctions for $50,000

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Harsher Version of 'Night' Found in Elie Wiesel Archive Newly Unearthed Version of Elie Wiesel's Seminal Work Is a Scathing Indictment of God, Jewish World

Etgar Keret to Publish Book of Personal Essays in Farsi Israeli Author Etgar Keret to Publish Latest Book in Farsi

The Inconvenient Truths of Orthodox Judaism

After Bitter Battle Over Kafka's Papers, a Daunting Task: After Bitter Battle Over Kafka's Papers, a Daunting Task: Tracking Them Down

Book Credits Israel for Syria's WMD Disarmament Israel Helped Obama With Syria Chemical Disarmament Plan, Writes Michael Oren in New Book

Accused J’lem Haredi Cult Leader Barred From Teaching Girls Accused Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox 'Cult Leader' Barred From Teaching Girls

Historic Photos Provide Snapshot of 1945 Berlin Historic Photographs Provide Snapshot of 1945 Berlin

Israeli Artist Takes Heat for Criticizing Gaza War Israeli Artist Shira Geffen Takes the Heat for Criticizing the War in Gaza

Nicole Krauss Signs $4 Million Book Deal With Harper

'There's Never Been Better Time to Be Jewish' The Man Who Believes There's Never Been a Better Time to Be Jewish

Nobel Prize-winning Novelist Gunter Grass Dies German Nobel Prize-winning Novelist Gunter Grass Dies at 87

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Writing as Healing / Let's Get Lit Podcast

British Jewish Historian Sir Martin Gilbert Dies at Age 78

Harper Lee to Publish 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Sequel 50 Years After 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Harper Lee to Publish Second Novel

The Novelist Who Inspired 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Meet the Austrian-Jewish Novelist Who Inspired Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

Here's How to Dine Like a Dictator Want to Dine Like Hitler and Saddam Hussein? A New Book Tells You How

Tour of Paris in Modiano's Footsteps A Tour of Paris in the Fictional Footsteps of Nobel Prize Winner Patrick Modiano

How Did Homo Sapiens Win the Human Race?

Shlomo Sand Isn't Jewish, and Neither Are You Shlomo Sand to Secular Jews: I'm Not Jewish and Neither Are You

Mapping the Land of Israel Of Biblical Proportions: How Maps of the Land of Israel Never Lost Their Roots

Murder, She Prayed Murder, She Prayed: A Crime Thriller With an ultra-Orthodox Twist

The Little-known Poet Behind Beloved Israeli Songs

Court Asked to Liquidate Steimatzky Publishers Ask Court to Liquidate Steimatzky: 'We Are Owed 7.5 Million Shekels’

The Next Maus? The Next Maus? Images From a New Graphic Novel About the Holocaust

A Literature Festival for Palestine A Literature Festival for Palestine - on Both Sides of the Green Line

An Imaginary Iran Threat Was the Iranian Threat Fabricated by Israel and the U.S.?

Israeli Chocolatier Melts International Competition

Postcards From the Edge Europe on the Eve of the Holocaust, Seen Through a Child's Eyes

A Jew's Love Letter to the Upper West Side

Book-pricing Law Is a Boon for E-readers New Hebrew Book-pricing Law Is a Boon for Digital Readers

Buying Into the Power of Bisexuality Buying Into the Political Power of Bisexuality

From African-American to Hebrew Israelite Book Charts Journey From African-American to Hebrew Israelite

'Anti-Semitism Rooted in French History' French Hatred of Jews Goes Far Beyond Muslim anti-Semitism, Says U.K. Author

The Other Hero of the Dreyfus Affair

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The Conflict's Watershed Moment The Real Point of No Return in the Jewish-Arab Conflict

An Optimistic Book About Cancer Malignancy as Metaphor

Coping With Grief Through Storytelling

The Shrink Who Became a U.S. Hero The Tel Aviv Psychiatrist Who Became a Cultural Hero in America

For Latin Lovers The Latin Guide to Winning Friends and Influencing People

Mossad Book Sparks Lawsuit Mossad Book Sparks NIS 4 Million Lawsuit by Journalist

Tom Friedman: Read Ari Shavit's Book Tom Friedman Tells Obama and Netanyahu: Read Ari Shavit's Book

Doris Lessing, 1919-2013: Brave Writer Doris Lessing, 1919-2013: Brave Woman, Brave Writing

Jewish Advice, in Spirit of Capitalism Jewish Advice, in the Spirit of Capitalism

Ragen to Cut Novel in Plagiarism Case Writer Naomi Ragen Agrees to Cut Sections From Novel, Resolving Long-running Plagiarism Suit

Settlement Novel Wins Israeli Book Award 'Courageous' Novel Set in West Bank Outpost Wins Israeli Literary Award

The Novelist Who Took on the Gestapo Berlin Thrall: The German Author Whose Novels Are Back in Vogue

Don’t Spend Your Golden Age in a Golden Cage Fighting Ageism, Accepting Death

Chabad Founder, Rediscovered Remembering the Life and Teachings of Chabad Founder, 200 Years After His Death

The History of Jerusalem – in Hebrew at Last The History of Jerusalem, Told by the Scion of One of Its Most Famous Families

Selection and Heartbreak: N. African Aliya Selection and Heartbreak: The Aliya of North African Jewry

Did Hollywood Have a Pact With Hitler? Did Hollywood Jews Really Collaborate With Hitler?

Sex and 21st Century Religious Zionism Sex and Religious Zionism in the 21st Century

40 Years On, Israeli Army Leaves Its Bunker 40 Years On, the IDF Finally Emerges From the Bunker

Did Rasputin Get a Bum Rap?

1973: Is It Okay to Lie During Times of War? New Lessons From 1973: Is It Acceptable to Lie During Times of War?

What to Read in 5774 – an Ultimate List Ten Books to Read in 5774: Your Ultimate List for the High Holy Days

Losing Mom to Terrorism: Children's Tales

Top 10 Jewish Hollywood Moments of 5773

Beyond G'day: A Hebrew Guide to Oz English Fair Dinkum: A Hebrew Guide to Aussie English