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Essay

Surviving Leonard Nimoy’s Superhuman Salute

Earlier this week, Matthew Kressel explored the Jewish sources underlying fantasy literature’s greatest time-traveling epics. He is guest blogging for the Jewish…

Matthew Kressel

March 30, 2016

Cover of Pillar of Fire: A Biography of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise

Pillar of Fire: A Biography of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise

Cover of Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of Bessie Margolin

Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of Bessie Margolin

Marlene Trestman

Cover of The Bridge Builder: The Life and Continuing Legacy of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein

The Bridge Builder: The Life and Continuing Legacy of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein

Cover of Groucho Marx: The Comedy of Existence

Groucho Marx: The Comedy of Existence

Cover of Roman Vishniac Rediscovered

Roman Vishniac Rediscovered

Interview

Interview: Anne C. Heller

with Philip K. JasonAnne C. Heller’s skillfully pithy biography of Hannah Arendt sparked new questions about one of the most famous and controversial philosophers…

Philip K. Jason

December 6, 2015

Cover of Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times

Hannah Arendt: A Life in Dark Times

Cover of Woody: The Biography

Woody: The Biography

Cover of Proust: The Search

Proust: The Search

Benjamin Taylor

Cover of Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern

Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern

Cover of Little Caesar: A Biography of Edward G. Robinson

Little Caesar: A Biography of Edward G. Robinson

Alan L. Gansberg

Cover of The Ingenious Mr. Pyke: Inventor, Fugitive, Spy

The Ingenious Mr. Pyke: Inventor, Fugitive, Spy

Cover of Marx: An Illustrated Biography

Marx: An Illustrated Biography

Corinne Maier; Anne Simon, illus.

Cover of Freud: An Illustrated Biography

Freud: An Illustrated Biography

Corinne Maier; Anne Simon, illus.

Cover of Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City

Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City

Pierre Christin; Olivier Balez, illus.