Primo Levi in Swahili
A new translation of If This is a Man into Swahili is available on the site of the International Center of Primo Levi Studies in Turin and can be downloaded…
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WELCOME TO BOOKHOUSE!
The American Sephardi Federation is pleased to invite colleagues and the public to the sixth-floor Bookhouse at the Center for Jewish History, a consortium of Jewish libraries, archives, research institutes,…
Rethinking Holocaust Memory
“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”…
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In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Edith Bruck’s Short Stories
Edith Bruck, This Darkness Will Never End, Paul Dry Books, 2025, Translated by Jeanne Bonner | 187 pp. In 1944, at the age of 13, Edith Bruck was deported to…
Swahili Lit Festival
As Primo Levi’s book is becoming available to Swahili readers, we would like to welcome on these pages news about Swahili literature, translation, book publishing and literary festivals. This interview…
Primo Levi in Swahili
A new translation of If This is a Man into Swahili is available on the site of the International Center of Primo Levi Studies in Turin and can be downloaded…
Historiography in Motion: Jews and State Building
A new book will be presented at Bookhouse on March 18th. Jews and State Building: Early Modern Italy, and Beyond. Edited by Bernard Dov Cooperman, Serena Di Nepi, and Germano…
The War Fronts of Helena Salem
Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres won the Golden Globe 2025 for playing Eunice Paiva in the film “I’m Still Here.” Eunice was the wife of the politician Rubens Paiva, kidnapped and…
A NEW GUIDE TO JEWISH PUGLIA
A book published by the Jewish Museum of Lecce opens doors to the multifaceted and fascinating history of the Apulia region. Fabrizio Ghio and Fabrizio Lelli, The Jewish Salento: Travel…