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This episode of the Jewish Lives Podcast discusses the life of Sarah Bernhardt, highlighting her fascinating journey from an illegitimate and scandalous chil...

In this episode of the Jewish Lives Podcast, the focus is on Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. The guest, L...

The Jewish Lives Podcast delves into the life of comic book icon Stan Lee, as explored by Liel Leibovitz, author of the biography "Stan Lee: A Life in Comics...

Harry Houdini, known as the world's greatest escape artist, is the focus of the Jewish Lives Podcast episode. Author Adam Begley, who wrote the biography "Ho...

In this episode of The Jewish Lives Podcast, Derek Penslar explores how Theodor Herzl, an assimilated European Jew, rose to become the leader of the Zionist ...

Louis D. Brandeis is hailed as a visionary constitutional philosopher of the twentieth century. Jeffrey Rosen, the author of the Jewish Lives biography "Loui...

The Jewish Lives Podcast episode about Barbra Streisand explores her role as a cultural icon challenging traditional Hollywood standards of beauty and glamou...

The Jewish Lives Podcast episode on Irving Berlin highlights the composer's significant impact on American popular song, with George Gershwin even calling hi...

Emma Goldman, a prominent anarchist figure, is explored in the Jewish Lives Podcast through the perspective of Vivian Gornick, who authored a biography about...

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg discusses the enigmatic figure of Moses in Jewish culture on the Jewish Lives Podcast. Zornberg, author of "Moses: A Human Life," pr...

Shlomo Avineri delves into the Jewish background of Karl Marx, a prominent and revolutionary thinker often misunderstood or disregarded in terms of his Jewis...