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Renee Ghert-Zand

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In glitzy interwar Warsaw, truth meets fiction as 2 young women hunt for missing mentor

In glitzy interwar Warsaw, truth meets fiction as 2 young women hunt for missing mentor

In ‘The Last Woman of Warsaw,’ out April 7, author Judy Batalion shows the Jewish diversity of the cosmopolitan city as an odd couple sets out to...

07.04.2026 40

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Renee Ghert-Zand

Certain death, small chance of success: The pre-state parachuters who jumped into Nazi Europe

Matti Friedman’s new book, ‘Out of the Sky,’ breathes life into British intelligence operatives who became Zionist heroes despite — or because...

24.03.2026 50

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For generations of Judy Blume fans, long-awaited biography does not disappoint

Realistic kids’ and teen fiction pioneer introduced readers to relatable characters and plots, not to mention unforgettable lines like, ‘We must,...

21.03.2026 60

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In WWII, legendary Jewish partisan ‘Uncle Misha’ took out Nazis while carrying a tune

New book ‘Partisan Song’ packs an action-filled punch as it tells the story of Moshe Gildenman, a nearly-forgotten Jewish guerrilla...

28.01.2026 30

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PA accuses Israel of ‘tightening colonial control’ over West Bank with new settlements

Ramallah says Smotrich’s decision to approve 19 settlements across the West Bank is the latest policy to undermine ‘inalienable rights of...

23.12.2025 40

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How the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Europe had themselves a merry little Nittel Nacht

A new book explores how, contrary to popular belief, Christmas was a festive time for Jewish men, who took time off from Torah study to play cards and...

23.12.2025 30

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1.5 million Jews took up arms against the Nazis. One was this author’s grandfather

Journalist Aron Heller’s quest to learn about his grandfather’s military service leads him to a wider view of Jews’ contributions in...

24.11.2025 50

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Journalist thought her Israeli freedom-fighter mother hid something big. She was right

In ‘My Underground Mother,’ premiering at the SF Jewish Film Festival, Marisa Fox grapples with her Polish-born mother’s motives for...

02.08.2025 60

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The sole Jewish-Japanese family in American WWII internment camps faced antisemitism

New book delves into how, fearing a fifth column following Pearl Harbor, the Roosevelt government incarcerated 120,000 on the West Cost, two-thirds of...

28.07.2025 70

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Netflix tells tale of 7 siblings who miraculously survived the Holocaust to restart life in US

Now streaming, ‘UnBroken’ illuminates story of the Webers, who lived in hiding on a German farm for two years — only to be cruelly separated...

24.04.2025 60

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Clothing historian stitches together Holocaust history by focusing on ‘women’s work’

Nonfiction ‘Four Red Sweaters’ tells wartime stories of four young Jewish women while examining larger questions such as Nazis’ circular economy...

23.04.2025 30

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In Nazi-occupied French Alps, a doctor risked death to save a Jewish girl. Why didn’t others?

Newly published ‘Two Sisters’ is a family memoir that goes back and forth in time to examine motivations for resistance and questions of morality...

25.03.2025 60

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From radical drag queen to rabbi, film depicts journey of a Jewish law breaker

‘Sabbath Queen’ follows gay scion of rabbinic dynasty Amichai Lau-Lavie for two decades as he challenges traditional Judaism’s norms and becomes...

08.02.2025 50

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