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    Biography

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    Emmanuel Lev­inas: His Life and Legacy
    Salomon Malka
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    Defin­ing Moments: Sto­ries of Char­ac­ter, Courage and Leadership
    Gordon Zacks
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    Elie Wiesel: Sur­viv­ing the Holo­caust, Speak­ing Out Against Genocide
    Lisa Moore
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    Emma Lazarus
    Esther Schor
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    Albert Ein­stein
    Frieda Wishinsky
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    Sav­age Short­hand: The Life and Death of Isaac Babel
    Jerome Charyn
    Cover of Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
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    Betray­ing Spin­oza: The Rene­gade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
    Rebecca Goldstein
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    Modigliani: A Life
    Jeffrey Meyers
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    Redemp­tion: The Life of Hen­ry Roth
    Steven G. Kellman
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    Abra­ham: The First His­tor­i­cal Biography
    David Rosen­berg
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    Franz Kaf­ka
    Sander L. Gilman
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    The Life of David
    Robert Pin­sky
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    Jew­ish Sports Legends
    Joseph Siegman
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    Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Sto­ry, Berlin 1943
    Erica Fischer
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    The May­or of Cas­tro Street: The Life and Times of Har­vey Milk
    Randy Shilts
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    Tom Segev
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