Alfred Stieglitz: Taking Pictures, Making Painters
Phyllis Rose’s book Alfred Stieglitz: Taking Pictures, Making Painters (part of Yale’s Jewish Lives series) brings her subject out of the shadows and into his deserved place in history as the person who made “taking pictures” a respected art form.
Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent
In his highly readable and concise biography – Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent (Yale University Press) – of the famous philosopher, Paul Mendes-Flohr, chief editor of the 22-volume German language collection of Buber’s works, described him as a man who championed “a life of dialogue” and taught that “all real living is meeting.”
Stories We Tell: The Old Torah
Stories We Tell: The Spoonful of Oil
Stories We Tell: God's Miracle
Stories We Tell: The Sultan's Horns
Stories We Tell: The Eagle Who Thought She Was a Chicken
Stories We Tell: A Blank Letter
Stories We Tell: Grandma's Challah
Embracing Auschwitz
Joshua Hammerman’s Embracing Auschwitz
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