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Writing about their Nazi heritage, journalists Burkhard Bilger, Linda Kinstler and Géraldine Schwarz showcase a new kind of Holocaust testimony
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In Berlin, the Nazis burned Freud and Fitzgerald. Now Florida’s banning Eric Carle and Margaret Atwood
I went to Berlin to commemorate the 1933 book burnings. But all I could think about was the books banned at home today
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In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author and translator
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How Harold Kushner overcame some of life’s disappointments to become a publishing juggernaut
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‘When did you learn your grandfather was a Nazi?’ — Burkhard Bilger’s redemptive journey through a complex family history
In 'Fatherland,' the acclaimed New Yorker writer considers the case of an elementary schoolteacher named Karl Gönner
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When we all met at Dubrow’s Cafeteria
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How these Dutch Jewish artists aided the resistance with children’s books
While hiding from the Nazis, a husband and wife published dozens of children's books anonymously. Now, you can see them at a New York book fair
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Why an iconoclastic Jewish scholar thought Islam held a key to improving Judaism
Pioneering author Ignaz Goldziher was a lifelong champion of Talmud but rejected hidebound observance
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Why the ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ movie is for grown-ups more than girls
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