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Biography

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Hank Green­berg: The Hero of Heroes
John Rosen­gren
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Vera Gran: The Accused
Agata Tuszyńska; Charles Ruas, trans.
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Moyni­han’s Moment: Amer­i­ca’s Fight Against Zion­ism as Racism
Gil Troy
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A Ship With­out A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart
Gary Marmorstein
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Yip Har­burg: Leg­endary Lyri­cist and Human Rights Activist
Harriet Hyman Alonso
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Torah Con­ver­sa­tions with Nechama Leibowitz
Benjamin S. Yasgur
Essay

Why it Mat­ters that Mar­shall was Nev­er Nom­i­nat­ed for the Supreme Court

Ear­li­er this week, M. M. Sil­ver wrote about the rich­es in Louis Mar­shal­l’s archive and explored why it took so long for some­one to write a full-length biog­ra­phy of…
M. M. Silver
March 1, 2013
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The Road to the Apoc­a­lypse: The Extra­or­di­nary Jour­ney of Lewis Way
Munro and Stanley Price
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In Search of the Spir­i­tu­al: Gabriel Mar­cel, Psy­cho­analy­sis and the Sacred
Paul Marcus
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Rashi
Avraham Grossman; Joel Linsider, trans.
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Karl Marx: A Nine­teenth-Cen­tu­ry Life
Jonathan Sperber
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I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
Sylvie Simmons
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Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
January 3, 2013
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Every­thing Is Hor­ri­ble and Won­der­ful: A Tragi­com­ic Mem­oir of Genius, Hero­in, Love and Loss
Stephanie Wit­tels Wachs
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My Life through My Dress­es: Grow­ing Up Socialist
Mari­na Berkovich
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Wag­ing Jus­tice: A Doc­tor’s Jour­ney to Speak Truth and Be Bold
Paul Zeitz
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