Winner of the National Jewish Book AwardThe definitive biography of the poet whose sonnet The New Colossus appears on the base of the Statue of Liberty, welcoming immigrants to their new home.Emma Laz
The previously untold story of the Jews in twentieth-century Russia that reveals the complex, strange, and heart-wrenching truth behind the familiar narrative that begins with pogroms and ends with em
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALISTPart of the Jewish Encounter seriesOne May day in 1896, at a dining-room table in Cambridge, England, a meeting took place between a Romanian-born maverick Jewish in
***Finalist, 2012 National Jewish Book Awards, American-Jewish Studies***Part of the Jewish Encounter seriesA riveting account of General Ulysses S. Grant’s decision, in the middle of the Civil War, t
The first comprehensive biography of one of the most beloved authors of all time: the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, the stories that inspired Fiddler on the Roof.Novelist, playwright, journalist, ess
From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world
Israel’s current president gives us a dramatic and revelatory biography of Israel’s founding father and first prime minister.?Shimon Peres was in his early twenties when he first met David Ben-Gurion.
Rodger Kamenetz, acclaimed author of The Jew in the Lotus, has long been fascinated by the mystical tales of the Hasidic master Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. And for many years he has taught a course in
Part of the Jewish Encounter seriesIn 1656, Amsterdam’s Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty–three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already ge
From Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, comes a magical book that introduces us to the towering figure of Rashi - Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki - the great biblical and Talmudic commentator of th
A dandy, a best-selling novelist, and a man of political and sexual intrigue, Benjamin Disraeli was one of the most captivating figures of the nineteenth century. His flirtation with proto-Zionism, h
Emma Lazarus’s most famous poem gave a voice to the Statue of Liberty, but her remarkable life has remained a mystery until now. She was a woman so far ahead of her time that we are still scrambling
