City of Light

By Theodore Bikel with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel
Illustrations by Noah Phillips

Theodore Bikel, the beloved late movie actor, folk singer, musician, composer, unionist, and political activist, poignantly recounts moments from his childhood in Vienna, when he experienced and witnessed anti-Semitism as Nazi influence grew—and dreamed of a Jewish superhero, Judah Maccabee who could rescue the Jews. The book is based on a story commissioned by Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein that was published in the magazine and read aloud on NPR’s Hanukkah Lights program in 2014. (Trade Hardcover Original; November 5, 2019; $16.95; ISBN 978-1942134619)