Walter Benjamin

the pearl diver

• Gordon, Peter
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

An accessible and authoritative biography of Walter Benjamin that guides the reader through the complexity of his intellectual legacy and the turbulence of his time "A short, serene volume. . . . Gordon avoids treating his subject in allegorical terms, in part because Benjamin always resisted conscription into ...

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Walter Benjamin

the pearl diver

• Gordon, Peter
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

An accessible and authoritative biography of Walter Benjamin that guides the reader through the complexity of his intellectual legacy and the turbulence of his time "A short, serene volume. . . . Gordon avoids treating his subject in allegorical terms, in part because Benjamin always resisted conscription into ...

Ludwig Wittgenstein

philosophy in the age of airplanes

• Gottlieb, Anthony
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), philosophy is a "battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language." This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In the first biography of Wittgenstein in more than three decades ...

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

philosophy in the age of airplanes

• Gottlieb, Anthony
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2026

According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), philosophy is a "battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language." This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In the first biography of Wittgenstein in more than three decades ...

Abraham

the first Jew

• Julius, Anthony
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2025

The story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history In this new biography of Abraham, Judaism's foundational figure, Anthony Julius offers an account of the origins of a fundamental struggle ...

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Abraham

the first Jew

• Julius, Anthony
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2025

The story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history In this new biography of Abraham, Judaism's foundational figure, Anthony Julius offers an account of the origins of a fundamental struggle ...

Spinoza

freedom's messiah

• Buruma, Ian
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2024

Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632-1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life guided by strong moral principles despite his disbelief in an all-seeing God. Seen by many-Christians as well as Jews-as Satan's disciple during his lifetime, Spinoza has been regarded as a secular ...

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Spinoza

freedom's messiah

• Buruma, Ian
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2024

Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632-1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life guided by strong moral principles despite his disbelief in an all-seeing God. Seen by many-Christians as well as Jews-as Satan's disciple during his lifetime, Spinoza has been regarded as a secular ...

Herod the Great

Jewish King in a Roman world

• Goodman, Martin
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2024

Herod the Great (73-4 BCE) was a phenomenally energetic ruler who took advantage of the chaos of the Roman revolution to establish himself as a major figure in a changing Roman world and transform the landscape of Judaea. Both Jews and Christians developed myths about ...

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Herod the Great

Jewish King in a Roman world

• Goodman, Martin
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2024

Herod the Great (73-4 BCE) was a phenomenally energetic ruler who took advantage of the chaos of the Roman revolution to establish himself as a major figure in a changing Roman world and transform the landscape of Judaea. Both Jews and Christians developed myths about ...

Maimonides

Faith in Reason

• Manguel, Alberto
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2023

An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138-1204), was born in Córdoba, Spain. The gifted son of a judge and mathematician ...

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Maimonides

Faith in Reason

• Manguel, Alberto
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2023

An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138-1204), was born in Córdoba, Spain. The gifted son of a judge and mathematician ...

Man Ray

the artist and his shadows

• Lubow, Arthur
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2021

A biography of the elusive but celebrated Dada and Surrealist artist and photographer connecting his Jewish background to his life and art Man Ray (1890–1976), a founding father of Dada and a key player in French Surrealism, is one of the central artists of ...

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Man Ray

the artist and his shadows

• Lubow, Arthur
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2021

A biography of the elusive but celebrated Dada and Surrealist artist and photographer connecting his Jewish background to his life and art Man Ray (1890–1976), a founding father of Dada and a key player in French Surrealism, is one of the central artists of ...

Karl Marx

philosophy and revolution

• Avineri, Shlomo
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2019

A new exploration of Karl Marx's life through his intellectual contributions to modern thought Karl Marx (1818-1883)-philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor-was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as ...

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Karl Marx

philosophy and revolution

• Avineri, Shlomo
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2019

A new exploration of Karl Marx's life through his intellectual contributions to modern thought Karl Marx (1818-1883)-philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor-was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as ...

Martin Buber

a life of faith and dissent

• Mendes-Flohr, Paul
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2019

The first major biography in English in over thirty years of the seminal modern Jewish thinker Martin Buber An authority on the twentieth-century philosopher Martin Buber (1878-1965), Paul Mendes-Flohr offers the first major biography in English in thirty years of this seminal modern Jewish thinker ...

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Martin Buber

a life of faith and dissent

• Mendes-Flohr, Paul
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2019

The first major biography in English in over thirty years of the seminal modern Jewish thinker Martin Buber An authority on the twentieth-century philosopher Martin Buber (1878-1965), Paul Mendes-Flohr offers the first major biography in English in thirty years of this seminal modern Jewish thinker ...

Yitzhak Rabin

soldier, leader, statesman

• Rabinovich, Itamar
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2017

An insider's perspective on the life and influence of Israel's first native-born prime minister, his bold peace initiatives, and his tragic assassination More than two decades have passed since prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination in 1995, yet he remains an unusually intriguing ...

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Yitzhak Rabin

soldier, leader, statesman

• Rabinovich, Itamar
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2017

An insider's perspective on the life and influence of Israel's first native-born prime minister, his bold peace initiatives, and his tragic assassination More than two decades have passed since prime minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination in 1995, yet he remains an unusually intriguing ...

Moses

a human life

• Zornberg, Avivah Gottlieb
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2017

An unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar No figure looms larger in Jewish culture than Moses, and few have stories more enigmatic. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, acclaimed for her many books on Jewish thought, turns her attention ...

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Moses

a human life

• Zornberg, Avivah Gottlieb
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2017

An unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar No figure looms larger in Jewish culture than Moses, and few have stories more enigmatic. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, acclaimed for her many books on Jewish thought, turns her attention ...

Disraeli

the novel politician

• Cesarani, David
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2016

Lauded as a "great Jew," excoriated by antisemites, and one of Britain's most renowned prime ministers, Benjamin Disraeli has been widely celebrated for his role in Jewish history. But is the perception of him as a Jewish hero accurate? In what ways did he ...

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Disraeli

the novel politician

• Cesarani, David
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2016

Lauded as a "great Jew," excoriated by antisemites, and one of Britain's most renowned prime ministers, Benjamin Disraeli has been widely celebrated for his role in Jewish history. But is the perception of him as a Jewish hero accurate? In what ways did he ...

Einstein

his space and times

• Gimbel, Steven
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2015

The commonly held view of Albert Einstein is of an eccentric genius for whom the pursuit of science was everything. But in actuality, the brilliant innovator whose Theory of Relativity forever reshaped our understanding of time was a man of his times, always politically engaged ...

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Einstein

his space and times

• Gimbel, Steven
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2015

The commonly held view of Albert Einstein is of an eccentric genius for whom the pursuit of science was everything. But in actuality, the brilliant innovator whose Theory of Relativity forever reshaped our understanding of time was a man of his times, always politically engaged ...

Mark Rothko

toward the light in the chapel

• Cohen-Solal, Annie
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2015

Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to the United States at age ten, taking with him his Talmudic education and his memories of pogroms and persecutions in Russia ...

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Mark Rothko

toward the light in the chapel

• Cohen-Solal, Annie
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2015

Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to the United States at age ten, taking with him his Talmudic education and his memories of pogroms and persecutions in Russia ...

Primo Levi

the matter of a life

• Lang, Berel
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2014

In 1943, twenty-four-year-old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a partisan group, he was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia and deported to Auschwitz. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his transport, he was one of only 24 who ...

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Primo Levi

the matter of a life

• Lang, Berel
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2014

In 1943, twenty-four-year-old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a partisan group, he was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia and deported to Auschwitz. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his transport, he was one of only 24 who ...

Leon Trotsky

a revolutionary's life

• Rubenstein, Joshua
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2013

Born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in southern Ukraine, Trotsky was both a world-class intellectual and a man capable of the most narrow-minded ideological dogmatism. He was an effective military strategist and an adept diplomat, who staked the fate of the Bolshevik revolution on the meagre foundation ...

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Leon Trotsky

a revolutionary's life

• Rubenstein, Joshua
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2013

Born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in southern Ukraine, Trotsky was both a world-class intellectual and a man capable of the most narrow-minded ideological dogmatism. He was an effective military strategist and an adept diplomat, who staked the fate of the Bolshevik revolution on the meagre foundation ...

Moshe Dayan

Israel's controversial hero

• Bar-On, Mordechai
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2012

Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was a powerful yet controversial figure in Israel from the 1950s through 70s. A fearless warrior and a strong-headed, charismatic politician, he was admired for his leadership as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence ...

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Moshe Dayan

Israel's controversial hero

• Bar-On, Mordechai
• Yale University Press. New Haven, 2012

Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was a powerful yet controversial figure in Israel from the 1950s through 70s. A fearless warrior and a strong-headed, charismatic politician, he was admired for his leadership as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence ...