Jewish Studies

Since the Second World War people have become aware of the trauma associated with genocide and other crimes against humanity. Today, assisting mass atrocity survivors, especially as they age, poses a serious challenge for service providers around the...

"Jewish Neighborhoods in California: History and Development amplifies the essence of Judaism as experienced in California's historic Jewish neighborhoods."--Book InformationISBN 9781680532067Author Keith WarwickFormat HardbackPage Count...

One of three volumes responding to the 7 October attack, Universities focuses on the heartland of contemporary antisemitic thinking, which is scholarship; and its reflection in student discourse on campus.Contributions go back to Sartre and to debates of...

This three-volume anthology comprises diverse intellectual responses to the Hamas-organised day of murder, sexual violence and kidnapping.Responses to 7 October: Antisemitic Discourse focuses on the ideology that motivated it and the antisemitism that...

Between the Wires tells for the first time the history of the Janowska camp in Lviv, Ukraine. Located in a city with the third-largest ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe, Janowska remains one of the least-known sites of the Holocaust, despite being one of...

One of three volumes responding to the 7 October attack, Antisemitic Discourse focuses on the ideology that motivated it and the antisemitism that shaped many responses to it.It examines the provenance of the Jew-hatred, from English history to...

Return of the Jew traces the appearance of a new generation of Jews in Poland that followed the fall of the communist regime. Today more and more Poles are discovering their Jewish heritage and beginning to seek a means of associating with Judaism and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725274785Author Andrew RamerFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 408g

Ritual and practice are some of the most defining features of religion, linked with its central beliefs. Discussing the wide range of Jewish ritual and practice, this volume provides a contemporary guide to this significant aspect of religious life and...

In the past thirty years, the Sino-Jewish encounter in modern China has increasingly garnered scholarly and popular attention. This volume will be the first to focus on the transcultural exchange between Ashkenazic Jewry and China. The essays here...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666748888Author Dvora Lederman-DanielyFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 299g

This book analyses the history of the Jews of Spain starting from the time of the Visigoths until present times to show that there were times when the discrimination went against converted Jews and thus beyond the religious, offering some similarities to...

The Story of Dinah examines the intersection of rape culture and Jewish tradition by tracing over two thousand years of Jewish commentary on Genesis 34. Using a definition of rape derived from the Hebrew Bible, Ruit scrutinizes the commentaries on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953829214Author T S MendolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Ben Yehuda PressPublisher Ben Yehuda PressWeight(grams) 195g

In the past decades the "German-Jewish phenomenon" (Derrida) has increasingly attracted the attention of scholars from various fields: Jewish studies, intellectual history, philosophy, literary and cultural studies, critical theory. In all its complex...

Reveals the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews and reshaped the Jewish American experience from the Johnson era through the Reagan–Bush years What do these things have in common? Ingrid Bergman, Passover matzoh, Banana Republic®, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606082393Author Louis JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 295g

Western Art and Jewish Presence in the Work of Paul Celan: Roots and Ramifications of the "Meridian" Speech addresses a central problem in the work of a poet who holds a unique position in the intellectual history of the twentieth century. On...

The second collection of plays by Gail Louw, including the plays Duwayne, The Mitfords, The Half Life of Love and Joe Ho Ho.The second collection of plays from Gail Louw, including the plays Duwayne, The Mitfords, The Half Life of Love and Joe Ho Ho...

The dog has captured the Jewish imagination from antiquity to the contemporary period, with the image of the dog often used to characterise and demean Jewish populations in medieval Christendom. In the interwar period, dogs were still considered goyishe...

Since ancient times, music has demonstrated the incomparable ability to touch and resonate with the human spirit as a tool for communication, emotional expression, and as a medium of cultural identity. During World War II, Nazi leadership recognized the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602064058Author Leon SimonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 263g

The work of Elliot R. Wolfson has profoundly influenced the fields of Jewish studies as well as philosophy and religion more broadly. His radically new approaches have created pioneering ways of analyzing texts and thinking about religion through the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666748871Author Dvora Lederman-DanielyFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777079802Author Bruria Lindenberg CoopermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint BlcPublisher BlcWeight(grams) 376g

Contemporary Jewish identity, integration and acculturation in Europe has become an urgent topic in view of the current wave of antisemitism and reliable research on the present state of Jewish identity is scarce. Lilach Lev Ari has chosen three...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630730376Author Mark a AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Faithful Life PublishersPublisher Faithful Life PublishersWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737656715Author Dovid KrafchowFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Dovidhouse PublishingPublisher Dovidhouse PublishingWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580234924Author Karyn D. KedarFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Jewish Lights PublishingPublisher Jewish Lights PublishingDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532665127Author Andrew RamerFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Inside-Out examines life in Israel and kibbutz in relation to questions of identity and belonging. Based on the personal experiences of Dr. Julia Chaitin, the book weaves together explorations of education, social relationships, economics, work, gender,...

The purpose of this volume is to examine the roles that formal and informal education play in learning about Jewish life, culture and history, including the Holocaust, in Poland. The volume provides background on broad concepts such as culture, identity,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634988537Author Howard I BogotFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Bookstand PublishingPublisher Bookstand PublishingWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953829092Author Erin Leib SmoklerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Ben Yehuda PressPublisher Ben Yehuda PressWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Explores the long history of anti-Zionist and non-Zionist American Jews Throughout the twentieth century, American Jewish communal leaders projected a unified position of unconditional support for Israel, cementing it as a cornerstone of American Jewish...

This volume explores the local specificities and global forces that shaped Jewish experiences in the Americas across five centuries. Featuring a range of case studies by scholars from the United States, Brazil, Europe, and Israel, it explores the...

Learning to Read Talmud is the first book-length study of how teachers teach and how students learn to read Talmud. Through a series of studies conducted by scholars of Talmud in classrooms that range from seminaries to secular universities and with...

American Jewish identity has changed significantly over the course of the past half century. During this time, Irving Greenberg developed a unique theology that anticipated David Hollinger's notion of postethnicity and represents a compelling...

A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? What are its implications for the Jewish community, its institutions, and its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498004923Author Edward DayFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 358g