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Barbra Streisand showed us how to convert the worst of criticisms into the best of results, how to take our insecurities and discover our securities within them. Barbra Streisand showed us, especially the outsiders among us, how to survive." Read Neal Gabler's full excerpt on the Yale University Press blog and learn more about the indefatigable performer with Jewish Lives.
Watch a wonderful short video about Proust's epic work In Search of Lost Time, and learn more about the imaginative French writer with Jewish Lives.
In partnership with Park Avenue Synagogue and communities across the United States, Jewish Lives is pleased to announce the launch of our new synagogue outreach program, "Reading Jewish Lives."
In 2017-2018, synagogues across the country will read four Jewish Lives biographies together, engage in small group discussions, and enjoy livestreamed presentations from the authors, which are free and open to the public.
All authors events will be held at Park Avenue Synagogue and will be livestreamed and recorded. For more information, please email contact@jewishlives.org.
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Her critics widely considered her one of the most dangerous people in America. Watch a captivating video about Goldman's fearless life from the "Ordinary Women: Daring to Defy History" YouTube channel, and learn more about the unapologetic activist with Jewish Lives.
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Having Game of Thrones withdrawal? Discover how rulers from the past, like King Solomon, add to our understanding of the fan favorite show, and learn more about King Solomon's enduring legacy with Jewish Lives.
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Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Dates
1873-1934
Best Known For
Pioneer of modern Hebrew. Recognized as Israel's national poet. Bialik's songs for children continue to inspire to this day.
Famous Quote
"The golden key to Jewish education is the Hebrew language."
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Listen to WBUR on how the city of Detroit pleaded with baseball legend Hank Greenberg to play a crucial game against the Red Sox on Rosh Hashanah. Learn more about the "Hebrew Hammer" with Jewish Lives.
Watch a short video by the Ciesla Foundation about how together with Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald built over 5,000 schools for African American students in the south, and learn more about Julius Rosenwald with Jewish Lives.
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah with a video of Barbra Streisand's haunting performance of Avinu Malkeinu in honor of Shimon Peres's 90th birthday in 2014. Learn more about the passionate singer with Jewish Lives, and have a sweet and happy new year!
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Watch a C-SPAN video of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg celebrating the 100th anniversary of the nomination of Justice Louis D. Brandeis in 2016. Learn more about the enduring legacy of Brandeis with constitutional expert and Jewish Lives author Jeffrey Rosen.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Dates
1844-1923
Best Known For
World renowned French stage actress with a "golden voice." She also played male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. One of the first actresses to act in motion pictures.
Famous Quote
"Legends remain victorious in spite of history."
Many have described standing before a Rothko painting as a religious experience. Watch this short PBS Video about the philosophy behind Rothko's art and learn more about the abstract expressionist with Jewish Lives.
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Learn how the film I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) set the stage for a new discussion of this form of punishment in a passage from the latest addition to the Jewish Lives series, Warner Bros: The Making of An American Movie Studio.
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1. Freud’s death may have been a physician-assisted suicide.
2. His chain-smoking led to more than 30 cancer surgeries.
3. Freud once thought cocaine was a miracle drug.
Check out the rest of the list via History.com, and learn more about the father of modern psychoanalysis with Jewish Lives.
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Rav Kook
Dates
1865-1935
Best Known For
First Ashkenazi chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. Orthodox. Zionist. One of the most influential rabbis of the 20th century.
Famous Quote
"I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent."
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Take a walk down memory lane with a delightful short video about the legendary Hank Greenberg and learn more about the Hall of Fame slugger with Jewish Lives.
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Unschooled Jewish immigrant. Brilliant businessman. Cultural innovator. "Scumbag?" Learn more about how Jack and his brothers forever changed Hollywood in our latest biography, Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio by eminent film critic David Thomson.
"Jack [Warner] is lucky to have a man...who has thought so deeply...and ultimately so brilliantly about him. We, his readers, are lucky too."—The Wall Street Journal
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Did you know that Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky had an affair with Mexican painter Frida Kahlo? The painting pictured is titled “Self Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky” (1937) and provides a glimpse into Trotsky's rich cultural legacy. Read more about his dramatic life and times in the Jewish Lives biography, Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary's Life.
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Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda credits the pioneering playwright Lillian Hellman with giving him his first "big break." Check out this video and learn more about the daring screenwriter herself in the Jewish Lives biography of Lillian Hellman.
President Bill Clinton recommends our biography of Yitzhak Rabin by Itamar Rabinovich on #NationalBookLoversDay. Order your copy today!
