Gershom ScholemFrom the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a new biography of the seminal twentieth century historian and thinker who pioneered the study of Jewish mysticism and profoundly influenced the Zionist movement "Biale . . . not only captures Scholems scholarship, but also his personal involvement in the major issues, conflicts, tragedies, and triumphs of Jewish life during the last century. . . . [An] excellent new book."Reform Judaism Gershom Scholem