The lives, ideas and influence of ten audacious Jews - what they did, what they believed and their contribution to the Jewish story. Courageous, challenging and often misunderstood, they left a lasting legacy for humanity.
This book has a chapter on each character, in an easy-to-read bullet point format, which gives a summary of a characterÕs life, personality, beliefs and contribution to Judaism.
Judah - Son of Jacob, brother of Joseph
Rashi - Medieval French commentator
Baruch Spinoza - Radical 17th century thinker
The Rothschilds - 19th century bankers and philanthropists
Benjamin Disraeli - 19th century British Prime Minister
Karl Marx - Revolutionary 19th century economist and socialist
Martin Buber - 20th century philosopher, Zionist and philosopher
Albert Einstein - Brilliant physicist, an avowed pacifist and Zionist
Abraham Joshua Heschel - 20th century rabbi and a model for compassionate social action
Louis Jacobs Ð BritainÕs most prolific rabbi and its only world class scholar