Tag: Book & Author

In And Still We Rise: A Novel about the Genocide in Bosnia, author Jordan Sher chronicles one family’s journey from the concentration camps of Prijedor, Bosnia in 1992, to their eventual resettlement in the U.S. After years of interviewing survivors, Sher relied on his findings to craft an inspiring story about those looking for balance… Read More

Join the Women’s Leadership Committee in conversation with Deerfield resident and author Lisa Barr at the Chicago premiere of her multi-award-winning novel, Woman On Fire, a gripping story about a young, ambitious journalist who becomes embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece. The book was recently named as part of Katie Couric’s 2022 Reading Guide. Lisa,… Read More

Join us for a live virtual discussion with Dan Grunfeld, former two-time Academic All American as a member of Stanford University’s men’s basketball team and 8-year professional basketball player, as he presents his debut novel, By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream.   The novel shares the story of… Read More

As the Nazis closed in on Central Europe in 1939, Alfred Berger mailed a desperate letter to an American stranger who happened to share his last name. He begged the American recipient of the letter: “You are surely informed about the situation of all Jews in Central Europe… By pure chance I got your address…… Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author Jonathan Kaufman’s The Last Kings of Shanghai chronicles the fascinating tale of two rival Sephardic Jewish families from Baghdad, the Sassoons and Kadoories, that dominated the business, political, and cultural scene in Asia for the first half of the twentieth century. The book highlights what is perhaps the families’ most impressive achievement: the funding and saving of… Read More

In Meredith Talusan’s (she/they) reflective coming-of-age memoir, Fairest, readers get a poignant look inside the mind and heart of an accomplished LGBTQ+ journalist and author. Talusan, the first trans staff writer at Buzzfeed, the first trans person to hold an executive position at Condé Nast, the founding executive of Them, and the recipient of numerous journalism awards, takes us to the… Read More

Chicago’s James “Bud” Wilschke was just 23 years old when he was shot down over coastal France in 1943. Struggling with his parachute, Wilschke and his fellow airman Robert Neil jumped out of desperation, not knowing they would land directly into Nazi-occupied France.   After landing safely, he woke up to a farmer pointing a shotgun… Read More

Against her grandmother’s wishes, award-winning author Silvia Foti made a promise to her mother on her deathbed to write a book about Jonas Noreika, her grandfather, a famous WWII hero. She had no idea that her seemingly simple promise would uncover dark family secrets. Foti’s discoveries would bring her to a personal crisis, challenge her Catholic faith, unearth Holocaust denial,… Read More

The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France shares years of author James McAuley’s research on the lives and collections of prominent 19th century Jewish families leading up to World War II, challenging the psychology of collecting within the context of the war. Join us for an in-depth conversation and… Read More

In her latest book, X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II, author and professor Leah Garrett details how a unit of young German and Austrian Jewish refugees escaped the Nazis, made their way to England, and and became an elite commando troop that participated in major World War II battles. Join us us in conversation… Read More