New This Month: Free Spielberg Reading Guide
Rebecca Keys
Enjoy our latest reading guide by David Kaufman on Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films, and explore the life and legacy of one of the greatest film directors of all time.
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VIDEO: Learn about Einstein with "Reading Jewish Lives"
Rebecca Keys
Watch our first "Reading Jewish Lives" livestream on Einstein with author Steven Gimbel, and learn more about the "superstar" scientist with Jewish Lives.
Reading Jewish Lives: Steven Gimbel on Einstein
Rebecca Keys
Over 200 people joined us at Park Avenue Synagogue and online to participate in the first "Reading Jewish Lives" livestream with Steven Gimbel, author of Einstein: His Space and Times. Learn more about upcoming livestreaming events.
Search for the Meaning of Life with Marcel Proust
Rebecca Keys
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.
Reading Jewish Lives: A New Synagogue Outreach Program
Rebecca Keys
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.
Jewish Life of the Month
Rebecca Keys
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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."
Rosenwald: The Untold Story of a Civil Rights Champion
Rebecca Keys
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.
Bring in the New Year with Barbra Streisand
Rebecca Keys
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!
Video: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Louis D. Brandeis
Rebecca Keys
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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.
Jewish Life of the Month
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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."
Video: The Case for Mark Rothko
Rebecca Keys
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.
Jewish Life of the Month
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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."
Video: The Life and Times of the Hebrew Hammer
Rebecca Keys
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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.
Who is the Real Jack Warner?
Rebecca Keys
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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
President Bill Clinton recommends "Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman"
Rebecca Keys
President Bill Clinton recommends our biography of Yitzhak Rabin by Itamar Rabinovich on #NationalBookLoversDay. Order your copy today!
Video: Somewhere
Rebecca Keys
Enjoy the celestial music video for Barbra Streisand’s “Somewhere" and learn more about the celebrated singer and actress with Jewish Lives.