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On God, Indifference, and Hope: A Conversation with Elie Wiesel
The late author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel received numerous awards during his lifetime for his human rights activities, including the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1986.
Night, A Memoir, by Elie Wiesel
Eliezar Wiesel was born in 1928 in the small Hungarian village of Sighet, in what is today Romania.
Parshat Korach: Devastation. Disappointment. Déjà vu. Dallas.
This sermon was originally delivered by Rabbi Seth Limmer at Chicago Sinai Congregation on Friday, July 8, 2016. You can find more racial justice resources at RAC.org/racialjustice. Devastation. Disappointment. Déjà vu. Dallas. How do we respond to more callous killings? Of police officers?
The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
The cover of Anita Diamant's extraordinary book reads, The Red Tent: A Novel. A more accurate description of her rich elaboration on the biblical narrative of Dinah would be The Red Tent: A Midrash.
Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer
Prior to its publication in Spring 2002, an excerpt of Everything Is Illuminated appeared in the New Yorker'sdebut-fiction issue.
Mr. Sammler’s Planet, by Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976, was born near Montreal in 1915 to Russian Jewish immigrant parents.
The Fixer, by Bernard Malamud
Russia, 1911. Yakov Bok, a luckless Jewish handyman, abandoned by his wife, decides to leave the shtetl, seeking improved fortune in the outside world.
The Rise of David Levinsky, by Abraham Cahan
Abraham Cahan (1860-1951), the son of a rabbi, was born and raised in Vlinius, where he trained as a teacher in the Jewish Folk Schools.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a novel about magic, manhood, superheroes, and growing up Jewish in America in the 1930s and 1940s.
Watch with Your Kids: The Hanukkah Shaboom! Special
Lickety latke! Disappearing donuts, giant spinning dreidels, and an impromptu party are all part of this miracle-filled Hanukkah episode from Shaboom!