Posted inCulture How did German Jews cope with a 17th-century plague? This woman’s 350-year-old memoir offers a glimpse. by Penny Schwartz and JTA July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
Posted inCulture The Jewish Book Council’s annual event goes virtual — and offers a peek into authors’ living rooms by Josefin Dolsten and JTA July 23, 2020June 4, 2021
Posted inCulture Travelogue of Jewish Latin America wins Natan Notable Book Award by Laura Paull July 23, 2020June 4, 2021
Posted inBooks Former San Franciscan recasts Russian Jewish family stories in ‘Nesting Dolls’ by Robert Nagler Miller July 13, 2020July 21, 2020
Posted inOff the Shelf New biographies paint portraits of two Jewish luminaries (one with S.F. ties) by Howard Freedman July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
Posted inPhilanthropy Emily Tamkin wrote the book on George Soros. Here’s what she has to say about those conspiracy theories. by Emily Burack and JTA July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
Posted inReligion S.F. rabbi’s picture book brings kids to Torah by way of yoga by Laura Paull July 1, 2020July 8, 2020
Posted inPride A treasure trove of LGBTQ texts from two millennia of Jewish history by David A.M. Wilensky June 29, 2020July 8, 2020
Posted inBooks In Victoria Lee’s prescient YA novels, young people survive pandemic and fascism by Rebecca Landau June 22, 2020July 9, 2021
