Seventy-nine years after Kristallnacht, ‘A Deadly Legacy,’ a new history of German Jewish soldiers during World War I, traces the origins of the European scapegoating that would engulf the continent some years later
A subversive biography of movie mogul Jack Warner tries a new answer to an old question
In an excerpt from Molly Haskell’s new biography of the film titan, memories of a nerdy-nicknamed Jewish outsider in the Phoenix ’burbs, just like the neighborhood in Poltergeist—‘a wimp in a world of jocks’
An excerpt from Itamar Rabinovich’s new biography of the Israeli leader and statesmen reviews Rabin’s time as Ambassador to the United States
An excerpt from Barry W. Holtz’s new biography of the 1st-century sage of the Talmud
A new biography by Yitzhak Rabin’s former ambassador to Washington and lead negotiator with Syria recalls the rise of the Israeli leader and a time of possibility
An excerpt from Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg’s new biography of the looming figure of Jewish culture
An excerpt from Jeffrey Rosen’s new biography of the Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis shows the extraordinary jurist thinking about America and Israel
An excerpt from David Cesarani’s new biography of Benjamin Disraeli shows the British Prime Minister living in a time of innocence, before ‘race science’
Neal Gabler’s ‘impassioned’ new biography of the entertainer explores the paradox of modern Jewishness
In an excerpt from Neal Gabler’s new biography of Barbra Streisand, the Broadway actress chases her career-making Fanny Brice role
Lee Siegel’s new biography of the brilliant, cryptic comic actor uncovers the life behind the work. (But does not reveal why the elephant was wearing Groucho’s pajamas.)
An excerpt from Benjamin Taylor’s new biography of the great French writer
An excerpt from Francine Prose’s new biography of the eminent art collector and socialite Peggy Guggenheim
An excerpt from Pierre Birnbaum’s new biography of the French titan
An excerpt from Steven Gimbel’s new biography of the great scientist follows his quest for a permanent position, through Zurich after 1909
An excerpt from Annie Cohen-Solal’s new biography of one of the most influential American painters of the 20th century
An excerpt from a new biography of the great Israeli statesman, David Ben-Gurion
