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An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world’s foremost bibliophiles …

A balanced biography of Golda Meir, who was both adored and abhorred, from award-winning author Deborah E. Lipstadt   “Comprehensive. . . . Always thoughtful. . . . A nuanced …

A wide-ranging exploration of the story of Ruth, a foreigner who became the founding mother of the Davidic dynasty  “[A]n insightful exploration of the book’s themes of otherness, …

A fascinating exploration of the life and work of one of America’s most famous and enigmatic postwar visual artists Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth …

The story of the prophet Elijah’s transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish tradition  “In a series on Jewish Lives, this volume is …

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a vivid portrait of one of the most powerful leaders in Israel’s first decades of statehood Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye …

An engrossing biography of one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history"A cool, cerebral book about a cool, cerebral talent. . . . A brisk study of [Kubrick's] …

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a new biography of the seminal twentieth-century historian and thinker who pioneered the study of Jewish mysticism and profoundly …

Trap with a Green Fence is Richard Glazar's memoir of deportation, escape, and survival. In economical prose, Glazar weaves a description of Treblinka and its operations into his …

A revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionage  “Mr. Morris’s dogged research . . . lends impressive rigor to this portrait of an …

An insightful new biography of the most controversial and perhaps most fervent of all Zionist political figures Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880–1940) was a man of huge paradoxes and …

An insider’s perspective on the life and influence of Israel’s first native-born prime minister, his bold peace initiatives, and his tragic assassination More than two decades have …