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biography
‘Rabbi-Averse’ biographer takes on rabbi who works with Evangelicals
Jonathan Kirsch
November 19, 2015
“I should say, right off, that I am not generally an admirer of rabbis,” journalist Zev Chafets writes in “The Bridge Builder: The Life and Continuing Legacy of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, An Authorized Biography” (Sentinel).
A Gehry biography with in-depth detail, but lacking in passion
Jewish Journal
October 8, 2015
I generally approach a new biography by attempting to shut out competing noise.
David Kertzer wins Pulitzer for biography detailing Pius XI-Mussolini ties
Jewish Journal
April 21, 2015
Historian David Kertzer won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography detailing how Benito Mussolini’s secret relationship with Pope Pius XI influenced the Italian dictator’s persecution of his country’s Jews.
‘Paper Love’: Paving the way for post-survivor storytelling
Jewish Journal
November 4, 2014
As the last generation of Holocaust survivors ages and dies, efforts to capture their final, untold stories have abounded.
The making of a real spy
Jonathan Kirsch
May 14, 2014
Our idea of what spies actually do is deeply tainted by a century or so of novels and movies, some better than others but all of them fictional.
Gandhi loved Jewish architect, biography says
Jewish Journal
March 28, 2011
Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi left his wife for a German-Jewish architect and weight lifter, a new biography says. The new book, \”Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India,\” by former New York Times executive editor Joseph Lelyveld, reports that Gandhi was in love with Hermann Kallenbach, for whom he left his wife in 1908.
Stormin’ da castle: Tony Curtis in Hollywood
Jewish Journal
December 31, 2008
Curtis doesn\’t fully appreciate how much his on-screen allure owed to his being Jewish
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