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Nicolas Notovitch. Shulim or Nikolai Aleksandrovich Notovich (Russian: Николай Александрович Нотович; August 13, 1858 – after 1934), known in the West as Nicolas Notovitch, was a Crimean [1] Jewish adventurer who claimed to be a Russian aristocrat, [citation needed] spy [2] [3] and journalist.
Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal, colonial era rabbi who published the first Jewish sermons in America [21] Melvin Jules Bukiet, novelist [22] Michael Chabon, novelist and short story writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay [23] Arthur A. Cohen, novelist [24] Joshua Cohen, novelist, author of Witz ...
The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ (2012) carries on the line of exploration begun in Border Lines, developing the argument that "New Testament" ideas can be found in long-standing Jewish traditions. [6] Boyarin has written extensively on Talmudic and Midrashic studies, and about the Jews as a colonized people. [7]
Schwartz, Laurens R. Jews and the American Revolution: Haym Salomon and Others. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 1987. ISBN 978-0899502205. Wiernik, Peter. History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the Present Time at Google Books. New York: Jewish Press Publishing Company, 1912. LCCN 12-25267
Ben-Hur is a story of a fictional hero named Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman who was falsely accused and convicted of an attempted assassination of the Roman governor of Judaea and consequently enslaved by the Romans. He becomes a successful charioteer. [4] [5] The story's revenge plot becomes a story of compassion and forgiveness. [6]
Max Dimont, Finnish-American Jew and popular historian and author; Martin Duberman, U.S. historian and playwright [2] Simon Dubnow, Russian-born Latvian historian; author of the "History of the Jews"; shot by Nazis [citation needed] Ariel Durant, American historian; author of The Story of Civilization. [15]
Ruth Rosen, Called to Controversy: The Unlikely Story of Moishe Rosen and the Founding of Jews for Jesus, Thomas Nelson (2012), hardcover, 320 pages, ISBN 978-1595554918 "The Very First Jew for Jesus: Moishe Rosen's Controversial Story, Told by his Daughter" book review by Raphael Magarik in The Jewish Daily Forward , April 10, 2012, issue of ...
Francis Salvador (1747 – 1 August 1776) was an English-born American plantation owner in the colony of South Carolina from the Sephardic Jewish community of London; in 1774, he was the first professing Jew to be elected to public office in the colonies when chosen for the Provincial Congress.