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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.

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        Menachem Mendel Schneerson

        Menachem Mendel Schneerson

        Becoming the Messiah

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Ezra Glinter

        Price: £18.99

        ISBN: 9780300222623

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: January 2025

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        320 Pages

        Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg

        Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg

        The Whole Equation

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Kenneth Turan

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300254495

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: March 2025

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        392 Pages

        The Many Lives of Anne Frank

        The Many Lives of Anne Frank

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Ruth Franklin

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300248128

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: March 2025

        Sales Date: 2025-01-27

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        440 Pages

        Abraham

        Abraham

        The First Jew

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Anthony Julius

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300266801

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: March 2025

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        392 Pages

        Spinoza

        Spinoza

        Freedom's Messiah

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Ian Buruma

        Price: £11.99

        ISBN: 9780300281866

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: April 2025

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        216 Pages

        Ayn Rand

        Ayn Rand

        Writing a Gospel of Success

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Alexandra Popoff

        Price: £18.99

        ISBN: 9780300253214

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: September 2024

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        264 Pages

        Herod the Great

        Herod the Great

        Jewish King in a Roman World

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Martin Goodman

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300228410

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: May 2024

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        248 Pages

        Arthur Miller

        Arthur Miller

        American Witness

        Series: Jewish Lives

        John Lahr

        Price: £12.99

        ISBN: 9780300276794

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: April 2024

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        264 Pages

        Henrietta Szold

        Henrietta Szold

        Hadassah and the Zionist Dream

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Francine Klagsbrun

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300247787

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: April 2024

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        256 Pages

        Amos Oz

        Amos Oz

        Writer, Activist, Icon

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Robert Alter

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300250176

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: November 2023

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        200 Pages

        Betty Friedan

        Betty Friedan

        Magnificent Disrupter

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Rachel Shteir

        Price: £18.99

        ISBN: 9780300220025

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: November 2023

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        384 Pages

        Golda Meir

        Golda Meir

        Israel’s Matriarch

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Deborah E. Lipstadt

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300253511

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: September 2023

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        288 Pages

        Alfred Dreyfus

        Alfred Dreyfus

        The Man at the Center of the Affair

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Maurice Samuels

        Price: £11.99

        ISBN: 9780300281804

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: May 2025

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        224 Pages

        Elie Wiesel

        Elie Wiesel

        Confronting the Silence

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Joseph Berger

        Price: £11.99

        ISBN: 9780300281835

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: May 2025

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        360 Pages

        Maimonides

        Maimonides

        Faith in Reason

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Alberto Manguel

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300217896

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: May 2023

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        256 Pages

        Mel Brooks

        Mel Brooks

        Disobedient Jew

        Series: Jewish Lives

        Jeremy Dauber

        Price: £16.99

        ISBN: 9780300244274

        Publisher: Yale University Press

        Pub Date: March 2023

        Imprint: Yale University Press

        216 Pages

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