Dissenter in Zion

For nearly half a century, until his death in October 1948, Judah Magnes occupied a singular place in Jewish public life. Dissenter in Zion draws upon a rich corpus of private letters, personal journals, and diaries to offer a moving account of an eloquent and sensitive person grappling with the great questions of the day and of an activist striving to translate private moral feelings into public deeds through politics and diplomacy.