Genre search:Biography

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

by Jonathan Freedland
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
Holocaust - concentration camps, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6968
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 FRE

Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew

by Michael W. Twitty
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
cookbook, African-Americans, African American - Jewish relations
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6967
Status
Available
Call number
641.5 TWI

Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

by Jeremy Eichler
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, music, Holocaust
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
7098
Status
Available
Call number
780.89 EIC

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Irin Carmon
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Betty's 100 Books, biography, seeking justice, judges and lawyers, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4500
Status
Available
Call number
B GIN

The Choice: Embrace the Possible

by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - concentration camps, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, biography, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5470
Status
Available
Call number
B EGE

The Auschwitz Photographer: The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost Souls (Gift for History Buffs and Men)

by Luca Crippa
Paperback, 2021
Tags
Holocaust - concentration camps
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6942
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 CRI

The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

by Edmund De Waal
Paperback, 2011
Tags
art, banking and finance, London, collections and collecting
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5292
Status
Available
Call number
909.04924 DEW

To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

by Dvora Hacohen
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Henrietta Szold, tikkun olam - repairing the world, achrayut - responsibility, women, biography, Hadassah (organization)
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
6796
Status
Available
Call number
B SZO

Renia's Diary: A Holocaust Journal

by Renia Spiegel
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, teen - young adult, teens - teenagers
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6254
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.5318 SPI

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

by Mitch Albom
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound, New York Times Bestseller, AR book - UG, teachers, death
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1457
Status
Available
Call number
378.1 ALB

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

by Erik Larson
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Christian Science Monitor Best Book, New York Times Bestseller, AR book - UG, Germany, anti-Semitism, Berlin
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1500
Status
Available
Call number
943.086 LAR

My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace

by Ehud Barak
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Israel - government and politics, biography, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5709
Status
Available
Call number
B BAR

Franci's War: A Woman's Story of Survival

by Franci Rabinek Epstein
Paperback, 2020
Tags
Holocaust, Prague, Holocaust - survivors, Terezin, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6640
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 EPS

The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival

by Jeremy Dronfield
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
Holocaust - concentration camps, teens - teenagers
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
7108
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 DRO

Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel

by Francine Klagsbrun
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Israel, Golda Meir
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5477
Status
Available
Call number
B MEI

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, AR book - UG, women, children, African American - Jewish relations, mothers, New York, race relations, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2790
Status
Available
Call number
974.7 MCB

Forgiveness: The Story of Eva Kor, Survivor of The Auschwitz Twin Experiments

by Joseph E. Lee
Paperback, 2021
Tags
graphic novel format, Holocaust, Eva Kor
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6906
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 LEE

If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir

by Ilana Kurshan
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, Talmud, women, wisdom - study - learning
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5608
Status
Available
Call number
296.1 KUR

The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team

by Matthew Goodman
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
basketball, sports, National Jewish Book Award finalist, New York
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6237
Status
Available
Call number
796.32 GOO

Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

by Stephen Koch
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Holocaust, France, Paris, Herschel Grynszpan, biography
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5887
Status
Available
Call number
B GRY

The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million

by Daniel Mendelsohn
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, family history - genealogy, Ukraine
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3786
Status
Available
Call number
973.04 MEN

Night (Night)

by Elie Wiesel
Paperback, 2006
Tags
URJ Library List, URJ Significant Jewish Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, Holocaust, AR book - UG, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - concentration camps, Holocaust - Germany, Hungary
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
The Night Trilogy (1)
Barcode
5669
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 WIE

Night

by Elie Wiesel
Paperback, 2006
Tags
URJ Library List, URJ Significant Jewish Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, Holocaust, AR book - UG, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - concentration camps, Holocaust - Germany, Hungary
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
The Night Trilogy (1)
Barcode
3610
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 WIE

Night

by Elie Wiesel
Paperback, 1982
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, Holocaust, New York Times Bestseller, Oprah's Book Club selection, URJ Library List, URJ High School and Young Adult list, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - concentration camps, Holocaust - Germany — 1 more, Hungary
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
The Night Trilogy (1)
Barcode
1454
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.531 WIE

Night

by Elie Wiesel
Hardcover, 1982
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, Holocaust, New York Times Bestseller, Oprah's Book Club selection, URJ Library List, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - concentration camps — 2 more, Holocaust - Germany, Hungary
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
The Night Trilogy (1)
Barcode
1358
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.531 WIE

Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

by Yossi Klein Halevi
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Israel, Arab-Israeli conflict
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
7008
Status
Available
Call number
956.94 HAL

The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan

by Sebastian Mallaby
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
biography, banking and finance
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5485
Status
Available
Call number
B GRE

Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story

by Matti Friedman
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Israel - history, Lebanon, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5432
Status
Available
Call number
956.9204 FRI

Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom

by Ariel Burger
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Holocaust - survivors, teachers, wisdom - study - learning, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5710
Status
Available
Call number
B WIE

An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir

by Phyllis Chesler
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3678
Status
Available
Call number
305.892 CHE

The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust

by Edith H. Beer
Hardcover, 1999
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5058
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 BEE

Dirty Wars and Polished Silver: The Life and Times of a War Correspondent Turned Ambassatrix

by Lynda Schuster
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
biography, newspapers and media, women
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5609
Status
Available
Call number
B SCH

How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

by Ilan Stavans Editor
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
Yiddish language
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6272
Status
Available
Call number
439.18 STA

My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew

by Abigail Pogrebin
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
holidays, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, calendar, National Jewish Book Award finalist
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5242
Status
Available
Call number
296.43 POG

700 Sundays

by Billy Crystal
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
One Book One Congregation selection
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
5061
Status
Available
Call number
B CRY

700 Sundays

by Billy Crystal
Paperback, 2006
Tags
One Book One Congregation selection
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2935
Status
Available
Call number
B CRY

700 Sundays

by Billy Crystal
Paperback, 2006
Tags
One Book One Congregation selection
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2936
Status
Available
Call number
B CRY

Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir

by Shalom Auslander
Paperback, 2008
Tags
circumcision
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3327
Status
Available
Call number
B AUS

Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History

by Joseph Telushkin
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
rabbis
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3743
Status
Available
Call number
B SCH

Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey

by Rachel Simon
Paperback, 2003
Tags
mental illness - disability, Pennsylvania
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5056
Status
Available
Call number
305.9 SIM

My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq

by Ariel Sabar
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Iraq, Israel
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5423
Status
Available
Call number
305.8924 SAB

Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind

by Sarah Wildman
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
grandparents, World War II, family history - genealogy
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3740
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 WIL

Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

by Michael B. Oren
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Israel - government and politics, biography
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3938
Status
Available
Call number
B ORE

Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

by Michael B. Oren
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Israel - government and politics, biography
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
4899
Status
Available
Call number
B ORE

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

by Diane Ackerman
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Holocaust, Orion Book Award, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2952
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 ACK

Casting Lots: Creating a Family in a Beautiful, Broken World

by Susan Silverman
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
parenting, women
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5346
Status
Available
Call number
305.48 SIL

Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy (P.S.)

by Jane Leavy
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, athletes, baseball, sports
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4670
Status
Available
Call number
B KOU

Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed

by Leslie Maitland
Paperback, 2013
Tags
JBC National Jewish Book Club, World War II
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3739
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 MAI

The Family: Three Journeys into the Heart of the Twentieth Century

by David Laskin
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
JBC National Jewish Book Club, family history - genealogy
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3741
Status
Available
Call number
929.2 LAS

Jerusalem: The Biography (Vintage)

by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Paperback, 2012
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Israel, Israel - history, Jerusalem
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3672
Status
Available
Call number
956.9442 MON
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