Jonathan Kirsch is an American attorney, writer, and

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for the ''

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''. He is an author of books on

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, the

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, and

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Biography

Life

Kirsch earned a

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degree in Russian and Jewish history from the

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and a J.D. degree from

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest Catholic university on the west coast of the ...

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. He serves as adjunct professor on the faculty of

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’s Professional Publishing Institute and has contributed to ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' magazine, and ''

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'' among other publications. He is also the author of ten books, and a

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. His son,

Adam Kirsch Adam Kirsch (born 1976) is an American poet and literary critic. He is on the seminar faculty of Columbia University's Center for American Studies, and has taught at YIVO. Life and career Kirsch was born in Los Angeles in 1976. He is the son of ...

, is an American poet and literary critic.

Books

* ''Bad Moon Rising'' (1977) * ''Lovers in a Winter Circle'' (1978) * ''Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible.'' Ballantine Books (1998) * ''Moses: A Life.'' Ballantine Books; New Ed edition (1999) * ''King David: The Real Life of the Man who Ruled Israel.'' Ballantine Books (2001) * ''The Woman who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People.'' Penguin Reprint edition (2002) * ''God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism.'' Viking Adult (2004) * ''A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization.'' HarperOne (2006). * ''The Grand Inquisitor's Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God'' HarperOne (2008). * ''

The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan Herschel Feibel Grynszpan (Yiddish: הערשל פײַבל גרינשפּאן; German language, German: ''Hermann Grünspan''; 28 March 1921 – last rumoured to be alive in 1945, declared dead in 1960) was a History of Jews in Poland, Polish-Jew ...

: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris'' Liveright (2013).

References

External links

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