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Jewish Lives

Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. Jewish Lives is a partnership of Yale University Press and the Leon D. Black Foundation. Ileene Smith is editorial director. Anita Shapira and Steven J. Zipperstein are series editors. Visit the Jewish Lives website.

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Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Disobedient Jew

Jewish Lives

by Jeremy Dauber

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300244274

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: March 2023

Sales Date: March 2023

Imprint: Yale University Press

216 Pages

Maimonides

Maimonides

Faith in Reason

Jewish Lives

by Alberto Manguel

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300217896

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: March 2023

Sales Date: March 2023

Imprint: Yale University Press

256 Pages

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

American Witness

Jewish Lives

by John Lahr

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300234923

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: November 2022

Sales Date: November 2022

Imprint: Yale University Press

264 Pages

Sidney Reilly

Sidney Reilly

Master Spy

Jewish Lives

by Benny Morris

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300248265

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: October 2022

Sales Date: October 2022

Imprint: Yale University Press

208 Pages

Ruth

Ruth

A Migrant’s Tale

Jewish Lives

by Ilana Pardes

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300255072

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: October 2022

Sales Date: October 2022

Imprint: Yale University Press

232 Pages

Becoming Elijah

Becoming Elijah

Prophet of Transformation

Jewish Lives

by Daniel C. Matt

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300242706

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: March 2022

Sales Date: March 2022

Imprint: Yale University Press

248 Pages

Admiral Hyman Rickover

Admiral Hyman Rickover

Engineer of Power

Jewish Lives

by Marc Wortman

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300243109

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: February 2022

Sales Date: February 2022

Imprint: Yale University Press

328 Pages

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel

A Life of Radical Amazement

Jewish Lives

by Julian E. Zelizer

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300233216

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: October 2021

Sales Date: October 2021

Imprint: Yale University Press

328 Pages

Judah Benjamin

Judah Benjamin

Counselor to the Confederacy

Jewish Lives

by James Traub

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300229264

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: October 2021

Sales Date: October 2021

Imprint: Yale University Press

200 Pages

Man Ray

Man Ray

The Artist and His Shadows

Jewish Lives

by Arthur Lubow

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300237214

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: September 2021

Sales Date: September 2021

Imprint: Yale University Press

216 Pages

Bugsy Siegel

Bugsy Siegel

The Dark Side of the American Dream

Jewish Lives

by Michael Shnayerson

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300226195

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: February 2021

Sales Date: February 2021

Imprint: Yale University Press

248 Pages

Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

Writing the Revolution

Jewish Lives

by George Prochnik

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300236545

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: November 2020

Sales Date: November 2020

Imprint: Yale University Press

336 Pages

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

American Filmmaker

Jewish Lives

by David Mikics

Price: $28.95

ISBN: 9780300224405

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: August 2020

Sales Date: August 2020

Imprint: Yale University Press

248 Pages

Stan Lee

Stan Lee

A Life in Comics

Jewish Lives

by Liel Leibovitz

Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9780300230345

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: April 2020

Sales Date: April 2020

Imprint: Yale University Press

192 Pages

Moses

Moses

A Human Life

Jewish Lives

by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg

Price: $15.00

ISBN: 9780300251883

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: March 2020

Sales Date: March 2020

Imprint: Yale University Press

240 Pages

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Fighting Words, Moving Pictures

Jewish Lives

by Adina Hoffman

Price: $15.00

ISBN: 9780300251814

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pub Date: February 2020

Sales Date: February 2020

Imprint: Yale University Press

264 Pages

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