Bursting with sheer chutzpah, four recent collections of short biographies celebrate women who broke barriers, pioneered new fields and made a difference in the world.
Carol Zoref Awarded Ribalow Prize for ‘Barren Island’
Hadassah Magazine presented Zoref with the Harold U. Ribalow Award for her novel at a ceremony held in New York on January 31.
Photographs of the Kotel ‘Under My Window’
Photographer Michal Ronnen Safdie's collection of images depict the changing scenes viewed from her apartment, propitiously located opposite the Kotel.
‘Witness: Lesson from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom’
Elie Wiesel’s longtime assistant, Ariel Burger, writes about the Boston University classroom where the writer and Holocaust survivor taught for nearly four decades.
A World War II Love Story, Seen Through Letters
With the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe looming in June, this collection of almost 2,500 pieces of correspondence is particularly touching.
Jewish Gumshoes Abroad
New thrillers 'The Tunnel' and 'Holy Ceremony' are gritty pageturners with a Jewish twist.
Descendants of Crypto-Jews in ‘Gateway to the Moon’
In her epic 'Gateway to the Moon,' Mary Morris follows seven generations of the de Torres family from 15th-century Spain to the hills of New Mexico in 1992.
Gary Shteyngart’s ‘Lake Success’
Shteyngart's rollicking, fast-paced tale about grifters, hustlers and smug millionaires holds a mirror to today's America.
Author Talk: Carol Zoref
Professor Carol Zoref discusses her award-winning novel, 'Barren Island,' which deftly explores immigrant life, poverty, religion and coming of age in the first half of the 20th century.