Women Runs Jewish Bookstore in Munich

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A successful Jewish bookstore is thriving in — of all places — Munich, West Germany. Operated by Rachel Salamander, a child of Holocaust survivors who was born in a displaced persons’ camp in Bavaria and grew up in Munich, the Literaturhandlung bookstore ranges from German translations of works by Arthur Miller and Susan Sontag, to books about the Middle East, the Holocaust, and recordings of Yiddish songs.

Spring 2019

“Unfaithful,” the theme of 3 prize-winning short stories • Israel’s little-known School for Peace and the woman who created it • The new questions those male policy-makers didn’t know to ask

Winter 2018-9

Money and meaning, from teaching Hebrew school to funding abortion. Three miscarriages and a crisis of faith. Candidates who didn’t win. When your family breaks up with you (or vice versa).

Fall 2018

Latinx, Jewish, running for office • Alleged victims of a pediatrician find each other • Is motherhood new again? • A second chance at an old relationship • How to care for children without parents •

Summer 2018

Jewish women running for office. When food endangered Jews. The challenge of raising liberal kids in Israel. A Moroccan Jew finds common ground with Muslim feminists in Tangier. The proud history of midwives?

Women Runs Jewish Bookstore in Munich

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