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As part of the Jewish Literary Festival, Marthe Cohn talked about her book, Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany, published by Three Rivers Press. She de…

Rebecca Goldstein talked about her book, Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity, published by Schocken. She described the 17th-century Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza wh…

Mr. Novick talked about his book, The Holocaust in American Life published by Houghton Mifflin. The book describes the phenomenon of silence about the Holocaust in the first few decades afte…

Professor Jonathan Sarna talked about his book American Judaism: A History, published by Yale University Press. He talked about the 350 year history of Jews in America and the prospects for…

Author A.J. Jacobs talked about his book The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World, published by Simon and Schuster. Mr. Jacobs spoke about why he d…

Sidney Shachnow talked about his memoir Hope and Honor, published by Forge Books. It began with his escape from a Nazi concentration camp in Lithuania during World War II at the age of ten. …

Mr. Cramer spoke about his book, How Israel Lost: The Four Questions, published by Simon and Schuster. In the book, the author addresses what he believes are the reasons for Israel’s declin…

Author Ilan Stavans talked about his book, Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language, published by RAYO. The author writes that Spanglish, a combination of the English and Spanish la…

As part of the center’s annual book fair, panelists discussed contemporary Israel from different viewpoints, including the state of modern Israel and how it relates to the country’s past. Pr…

Bruce Feiler discussed his book Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses, published by William Morrow. Mr. Feiler talked about his journey to retrace stories from…

Michael Beard, President of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and John Frazer of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action debated the merits of gun control legislati…

Participants representing diverse viewpoints talked about current tensions in the Middle East and the prospects for a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Among the …

Speaking at the sixth annual Jewish Book Festival,Hartford Jewish Community Center, Connecticut Thomas Cahill, Author, ‘The Gifts of the Jews’ discussed his book. The book is a po…