About the Author

David Biale is Emanuel Ringelblum Distinguished Professor of Jewish History at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter‑History, the co-author of Hasidism: A New History, and a three‑time winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

Reviews

“David Biale’s ability to capture and illuminate a 'life' in its full and manifold aspects for so complex and multi-faceted a man is a major achievement. A superb, much-awaited biography.”—Steven Aschheim, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem