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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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Becoming Elijah

Becoming Elijah

Prophet of Transformation

Jewish Lives

by Daniel C. Matt

Admiral Hyman Rickover

Admiral Hyman Rickover

Engineer of Power

Jewish Lives

by Marc Wortman

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel

A Life of Radical Amazement

Jewish Lives

by Julian E. Zelizer

Judah Benjamin

Judah Benjamin

Counselor to the Confederacy

Jewish Lives

by James Traub

Man Ray

Man Ray

The Artist and His Shadows

Jewish Lives

by Arthur Lubow

Bugsy Siegel

Bugsy Siegel

The Dark Side of the American Dream

Jewish Lives

by Michael Shnayerson

Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

Writing the Revolution

Jewish Lives

by George Prochnik

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

American Filmmaker

Jewish Lives

by David Mikics

Stan Lee

Stan Lee

A Life in Comics

Jewish Lives

by Liel Leibovitz

Moses

Moses

A Human Life

Jewish Lives

by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg

Houdini

Houdini

The Elusive American

Jewish Lives

by Adam Begley

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht

Fighting Words, Moving Pictures

Jewish Lives

by Adina Hoffman

Theodor Herzl

Theodor Herzl

The Charismatic Leader

Jewish Lives

by Derek Penslar

Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin

New York Genius

Jewish Lives

by James Kaplan

Rav Kook

Rav Kook

Mystic in a Time of Revolution

Jewish Lives

by Yehudah Mirsky

Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk

His Lives and Death

Jewish Lives

by Lillian Faderman

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