Audacious Jewish Lives Vol. 2

The lives, ideas and influence of ten audacious Jews - what they did, what they believed and their contribution to the Jewish story. Courageous, challenging and often misunderstood, they left a lasting legacy for humanity. This book has a chapter on each character, in an easy-to-read bullet point format, which gives a summary of a character's life, personality, beliefs and contribution to Judaism. Judah - Son of Jacob, brother of JosephRashi - Medieval French commentatorBaruch Spinoza - Radical 17th century thinkerThe Rothschilds - 19th century bankers and philanthropistsBenjamin Disraeli - 19th century British Prime MinisterKarl Marx - Revolutionary 19th century economist and socialistMartin Buber - 20th century philosopher, Zionist and philosopherAlbert Einstein - Brilliant physicist, an avowed pacifist and ZionistAbraham Joshua Heschel - 20th century rabbi and a model for compassionate social actionLouis Jacobs - Britain's most prolific rabbi and its only world class scholar