Collection search:Adult Biography

To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

by Dvora Hacohen
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Henrietta Szold, tikkun olam - repairing the world, achrayut - responsibility, women, biography, Hadassah (organization)
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
6796
Status
Available
Call number
B SZO

A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis

by Françoise Frenkel
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Holocaust - Germany, France, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, women
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
6258
Status
Available
Call number
B FRE

Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust

by Stephen Koch
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Holocaust, France, Paris, Herschel Grynszpan, biography
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5887
Status
Available
Call number
B GRY

Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom

by Ariel Burger
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Holocaust - survivors, teachers, wisdom - study - learning, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5710
Status
Available
Call number
B WIE

My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace

by Ehud Barak
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Israel - government and politics, biography, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5709
Status
Available
Call number
B BAR

The Woman Who Fought an Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring

by Gregory J. Wallance
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Zionism, Palestine, women, Israel - history, spies, National Jewish Book Award finalist
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5595
Status
Available
Call number
B AAR

Dirty Wars and Polished Silver: The Life and Times of a War Correspondent Turned Ambassatrix

by Lynda Schuster
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
biography, newspapers and media, women
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5609
Status
Available
Call number
B SCH

The Choice: Embrace the Possible

by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - concentration camps, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, biography, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5470
Status
Available
Call number
B EGE

Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel

by Francine Klagsbrun
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Israel, Golda Meir
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5477
Status
Available
Call number
B MEI

The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan

by Sebastian Mallaby
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
biography, banking and finance
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5485
Status
Available
Call number
B GRE

Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

by Michael B. Oren
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Israel - government and politics, biography
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
4899
Status
Available
Call number
B ORE

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

by Irin Carmon
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Betty's 100 Books, biography, seeking justice, judges and lawyers, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4500
Status
Available
Call number
B GIN

Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

by Michael B. Oren
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Israel - government and politics, biography
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3938
Status
Available
Call number
B ORE

Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History

by Joseph Telushkin
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
rabbis
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3743
Status
Available
Call number
B SCH

Louis D. Brandeis: A Life

by Melvin Urofsky
Paperback, 2012
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Louis Brandeis, Betty's 100 Books, biography, judges and lawyers
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4412
Status
Available
Call number
B BRA

Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy (P.S.)

by Jane Leavy
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, athletes, baseball, sports
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4670
Status
Available
Call number
B KOU

Rashi (Jewish Encounters Series)

by Elie Wiesel
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Rashi, rabbis, France, biography
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
5343
Status
Available
Call number
B RAS

Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life

by Hank Greenberg
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, athletes, baseball, sports, World War II, anti-Semitism
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3674
Status
Available
Call number
B GRE

If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need

by Colonel Jack Jacobs
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
United States - military, Vietnam, autobiography
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5615
Status
Available
Call number
B JAC

Mark Spitz: The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion

by Richard J Foster
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
athletes, sports
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5614
Status
Available
Call number
B SPI

Marie Syrkin: Values Beyond the Self (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life & HBI Series on Jewish Women)

by Carole S. Kessner
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, women, Zionism, New York, authors, poetry, Betty's 100 Books, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life (2008), HBI Series on Jewish Women (2008)
Barcode
4589
Status
Available
Call number
B SYR

Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir

by Shalom Auslander
Paperback, 2008
Tags
circumcision
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
3327
Status
Available
Call number
B AUS

Emma Lazarus (Jewish Encounters)

by Esther Schor
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, URJ Significant Jewish Books, poetry, women, Emma Lazarus, Betty's 100 Books, New York, Zionism, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4511
Status
Available
Call number
B LAZ

700 Sundays

by Billy Crystal
Paperback, 2006
Tags
One Book One Congregation selection
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2936
Status
Available
Call number
B CRY

700 Sundays

by Billy Crystal
Paperback, 2006
Tags
One Book One Congregation selection
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2935
Status
Available
Call number
B CRY

700 Sundays

by Billy Crystal
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
One Book One Congregation selection
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
5061
Status
Available
Call number
B CRY

A Boring Evening At Home

by Gerda Weissmann Klein
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, short stories
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
4743
Status
Available
Call number
B KLE

The Hidden Life of Otto Frank

by Carol Ann Lee
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
biography, Holocaust - survivors, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
6937
Status
Available
Call number
B FRA

The Jewish Preacher: Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch

by Myron A. Hirsch
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Emil Hirsch, rabbis
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2879
Status
Available
Call number
B HIR

A Hero of Our Own: The Story of Varian Fry

by Sheila Isenberg
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - refugees, biography, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, World War II, World War II - United States
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5528
Status
Available
Call number
B FRY

The Times of My Life and My Life with The Times

by Max Frankel
Paperback, 2000
Tags
newspapers and media, biography, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
5330
Status
Available
Call number
B FRA

And the Sea Is Never Full: Memoirs, 1969-

by Elie Wiesel
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Holocaust, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Elie Wiesel's Memoirs (Volume 2)
Barcode
2865
Status
Available
Call number
B WIE

Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return To His Jewish Family

by Stephen J. Dubner
Paperback, 1999
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, Catholicism, family, Christianity
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2859
Status
Available
Call number
B DUB

My First 79 Years

by Isaac Stern
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
violin, music
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2671
Status
Available
Call number
B STE

Spinoza: A Life

by Steven Nadler
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Koret Jewish Book Award, Netherlands
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2168
Status
Available
Call number
B SPI

Terra Infirma : A Memoir of My Mother's Life in Mine

by Rodger Kamenetz
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collections
Adult Biography, Federation Collection
Barcode
5064
Status
Available
Call number
B KAM

Ben-Gurion: Builder of Israel

by Robert St. John
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Israel, Palestine, David Ben-Gurion, Zionism
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Great Men and Great Events
Barcode
3396
Status
Available
Call number
B BEN

Gesher Vakesher: Bridges and Bonds - The Life of Leon Kronish

by Henry A. Green
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
rabbis
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2863
Status
Available
Call number
B KRO

All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs

by Elie Wiesel
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Elie Wiesel's Memoirs (Volume 1)
Barcode
2943
Status
Available
Call number
B WIE

The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

by Nicholas Dawidoff
Paperback, 1995
Tags
baseball, World War II, spies
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2937
Status
Available
Call number
B BER

Marc Chagall, 1887-1985: Painting as Poetry

by Ingo F Walther
Paperback, 1994
Tags
art, biography, Marc Chagall
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Taschen 25th Anniversary
Barcode
3169
Status
Available
Call number
B CHA

Begin: A Portrait

by Harry Zvi Hurwitz
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Israel
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2885
Status
Available
Call number
B BEG

Rashi: The Story Of Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki

by Yaakov Dovid Shulman
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Rashi, biography
Collections
Adult Biography, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6626
Status
Available
Call number
B RAS

Power Privilege and The Post: The Katharine Graham Story

by Carol Felsenthal
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
newspapers and media
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2911
Status
Available
Call number
B GRA

Patrimony : A True Story

by Philip Roth
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
National Book Critics Circle Award, family, fathers
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2917
Status
Available
Call number
B ROT

Patrimony : A True Story

by Philip Roth
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
National Book Critics Circle Award, family, fathers
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2791
Status
Available
Call number
B ROT

As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin

by Laurence Bergreen
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Irving Berlin
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2939
Status
Available
Call number
B BER

The Labyrinth of Exile: A Life of Theodor Herzl

by Ernst Pawel
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
Zionism, Theodor Herzl, Israel
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
6101
Status
Available
Call number
B HER

Warrior: An Autobiography

by Ariel Sharon
Hardcover, 1989
Tags
Israel - history, Israel - military, biography, Israel - government and politics
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5201
Status
Available
Call number
B SHA

Before Golda: Manya Shochat : A Biography

by Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi
Paperback, 1989
Tags
women, Israel, Zionism
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
4145
Status
Available
Call number
B SHO
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