Index

B B. H. Friedman American author and art critic Literature B Baba'i ben Farhad Persian-Jewish historian Literature B Baba'i ben Lotf Iranian Jewish poet and historian (17th century) Literature B Babette Bensoussan Australian writer Literature B Bálint Magyar Hungarian politician Literature B Barbara Adler Canadian poet and musician Literature B Barbara Barrie American actress and author Literature B Barbara Cohen American author of children's literature Literature B Barbara Gordon (filmmaker) American filmmaker (1935–2026) Literature B Barbara Honigmann German author, artist and theater director Literature B Barbu Lăzăreanu Romanian literary historian, bibliographer, and left-wing activist (1881–1957) Literature B Barbu Nemțeanu Romanian poet (1887–1919) Literature B Barnabas Early Christian disciple and bishop Literature B Baruch Glasman Yiddish novelist (1893–1945) Literature B Basil Henriques British Jewish philanthropist Literature B Batya Gur Israeli writer (1947–2005) Literature B Batya Weinbaum American feminist Literature B Becky Albertalli American author (born 1982) Literature B Beki Luiza Bahar Turkish-Jewish playwright (1926–2011) Literature B Bel Kaufman American novelist Literature B Béla Balázs Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet Literature B Bella Horwitz Bohemian Yiddish writer Literature B Bella Rosenfeld Russian Jewish writer (1889–1944) Literature B Belva Plain American writer (1915–2010) Literature B Ben Gold American labor leader Literature B Ben Joravsky American newspaper columnist, author Literature B Ben Marcus American author and professor Literature B Ben Masel American activist (1954–2011) Literature B Ben Sira 2nd-century BCE Jewish scribe, author of Sirach Literature B Ben-Zion Alfes Rabbi, author and Jewish orator (1851–1940) Literature B Benedetta Berti International relations scholar Literature B Benedikt Arnstein Austrian author (1765–1841) Literature B Benedikt Livshits Russian poet, writer and translator (1886–1938) Literature B Benjamin ben Zerah 11th-century Jewish liturgical poet Literature B Benjamin J. Bialostotzky Russian-American poet (1893–1962) Literature B Benjamin Nahawandi Persian Jewish scholar on Karaite Judaism Literature B Benjamin Rosenbaum American novelist Literature B Benjamin Saltman American poet and educator Literature B Berechiah ha-Nakdan Jewish exegete, ethical writer and grammarian Literature B Bernard Cooper American novelist and short story writer Literature B Bernard Kops British poet and dramatist (1926–2024) Literature B Bernard Lazare French anarchist writer (1865–1903) Literature B Bernard Wasserstein British historian (born 1948) Literature B Bernardo Nuñez Garcia Literature B Bernardo Verbitsky Argentine writer and journalist (1907–1979) Literature B Bernhard Templer Late 19th/early 20th century Jewish Western European Theologian Literature B Bernice Rubens Welsh novelist (1923–2004) Literature B Berta Bojetu Slovene writer, poet and actress Literature B Bertha Badt-Strauss German writer and Zionist (1885–1970) Literature B Bertha Wiernik Lithuanian-born American writer Literature B Berthold Auerbach German poet and author Literature B Beryl Satter American historian Literature B Bette Greene American writer (1934–2020) Literature B Betty Aberlin American actress (born 1942) Literature B Betty Miller (author) Irish writer (1910–1965) Literature B Bila Sorj Brazilian women's studies academic (born 1950) Literature B Bill Berkson American poet, critic, and teacher Literature B Billy Simmons African-American Jewish scholar Literature B Blaisio Ugolino Literature B Blossom Elfman American novelist Literature B Blume Lempel Ukrainian-Ameerican Yiddish-language novelist and short story writer (1907–1999) Literature B Bob Garfield American journalist and commentator Literature B Bob Kaufman American writer (1925–1986) Literature B Bob Mendes Belgian accountant and writer (1928–2021) Literature B Bob Perelman American writer (born 1947) Literature B Bodo (deacon) Historical European noble Literature B Bogi Takács Hungarian writer (born 1983) Literature B Bolesław Leśmian Polish poet and artist (1877–1937) Literature B Bonnie Bluh American novelist Literature B Boris Fishman American writer Literature B Boris Fraenkel écrivain Literature B Boris Gavrilov (writer) Soviet writer, poet and dramatist Literature B Boris Lurie American artist and writer (1924–2008) Literature B Boris Pasternak Russian and Soviet writer (1890–1960) Literature B Boris Slutsky Soviet poet Literature B Boris Zakhoder Russian poet, translator and children's writer (1918–2000) Literature B Bouena Sarfatty Jewish Greek World War II partisan, writer of verse and needleworker Literature B Bracha Serri Israeli poet Literature B Brad Meltzer American writer (born 1970) Literature B Bram Presser Australian author and musician (born 1976) Literature B Brenda Janowitz American writer and attorney Literature B Brigitte Smadja Tunisian-born French author (1955–2023) Literature B Brooke Averick American internet personality, podcaster, and author Literature B Bruce Jay Friedman American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright (1930–2020) Literature B Bruno Frank German writer (1887–1945) Literature B Bruno Zappert Austrian dramatist and journalist Literature B Budd Schulberg American writer (1914–2009) Literature