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The Believer and the Modern Study of the Bible by Tova Ganzel 9781618119513
RRP: £98.99£94.70The essays in this volume address the conundrum of how Jewish believers in the divine character of the Sinaitic revelation confront the essential questions raised by academic biblical studies. The first part is an anthology of rabbinic sources, from... -
Leibowitz and Levinas: Between Judaism and Universalism by Rabbi Dr Tal Sessler 9781644698532
RRP: £84.99£81.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644698532Author Rabbi Dr Tal SesslerFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint Academic Studies PressPublisher Academic Studies Press -
Habsburg Sons: Jews in the Austro-Hungarian Army, 1788-1918 by Peter C. Appelbaum 9781644696897
RRP: £98.99£74.37Habsburg Sons describes Jewish participation in the Habsburg Army, 1788-1918, concentrating on their role in World War I. Approximately 300,000-350,000 Jews fought in the Austro-Hungarian Armies on all fronts. Of these, 30,000-40,000 died of wounds or... -
Zig Zag Anthony Rudolf 9781847771100
RRP: £9.95£6.97Zig Zag consists of five new sequences by Anthony Rudolf, a poet whose craft has been enriched by his experiences as a translator of French and Russian literature. Poems about memory, time and loss are complicated by humour, lyricism and a light touch... -
Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden Age by Valerie Estelle Frankel 9781793637123
RRP: £85.00£78.10Science fiction first emerged in the Industrial Age and continued to develop into its current form during the twentieth century. This book analyses the role Jewish writers played in the process of its creation and development. The author provides a... -
A Future Without Hate or Need: The Promise of the Jewish Left in Canada by Ester Reiter 9781771130165
RRP: £23.95£19.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771130165Author Ester ReiterFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Between the LinesPublisher Between the Lines -
Jewish Fantasy Worldwide: Trends in Speculative Stories from Australia to Chile by Valerie Estelle Frankel 9781666926606
RRP: £92.00£80.53Jewish Fantasy Worldwide: Trends in Speculative Stories from Australia to Chile reaches beyond American fiction to reveal a spectrum of Jewish fantasy. The essays in this collection cover speculative works by Jewish artists and about Jewish characters... -
Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers: How Jewish Entrepreneurs Built Economy and Community in Upcountry South Carolina by Diane C. Vecchio 9781643364520
£33.95Provides a corrective to a neglected aspect of Jewish history in the SouthDiane C. Vecchio examines the diverse economic experiences of Jews who settled in what we today call Upstate South Carolina. Like other parts of the so-called New South, Upcountry... -
Dialectic of Separation: Judaism and Philosophy in the Work of Salomon Munk by Chiara Adorisio 9781618116536
RRP: £84.99£81.56Salomon Munk (1803-1867) belonged to a group of German-Jewish scholars who pioneered the systematic study of Arabic, Judeo-Arabic and Islamic philosophy in Western Europe in the nineteenth century, as part of a movement that came to be known as the... -
American Sociology and Holocaust Studies: The Alleged Silence and the Creation of the Sociological Delay by Adele Valeria Messina 9781618115478
RRP: £91.99£88.13Filled with new elements that challenge common scholarly theses, this book acquaints the reader with the "Jewish problem" of Sociology and provides what this academic discipline urgently needs: a one-volume history of `the Sociology of the... -
Spatial Concepts of Lithuania in the Long Nineteenth Century by Darius Staliunas 9781618115324
RRP: £98.99£94.70This book deals with the spatial concepts of Lithuania and other geo-images that either ""competed"" in the nineteenth century with the term Lithuania or were of a different taxonomic level (Samogitia, Prussia's Lithuania, Lithuania Minor, Poland, the... -
Return of the Jew: Identity Narratives of the Third Post-Holocaust Generation of Jews in Poland by Katka Reszke 9781618112460
RRP: £77.99£74.60A new, "unexpected" generation of Jews made an appearance in Poland following the fall of the communist regime. Once home to the greatest Jewish community in the world and then site of one of the biggest tragedies in Jewish history, today... -
Rabbi Marcus Jastrow and His Vision for the Reform of Judaism: A Study in the History of Judaism in the Nineteenth Century by Michal Galas 9781618113450
RRP: £77.99£74.60Rabbi Marcus Jastrow (1829-1903) was one of the most important figures of nineteenth-century Judaism, but is often neglected. This volume presents his life and his views on the reform of Judaism in the context of the changes and developments of Judaism... -
A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding and Teaching the Art of Text Study in Pairs by Elie Holzer 9781618112903
RRP: £77.99£74.60No longer confined to traditional institutions devoted to Talmudic studies, havruta work, or the practice of students studying materials in pairs, has become a relatively widespread phenomenon across denominational and educational settings of Jewish... -
Encountering Palestine: Un/making Spaces of Colonial Violence by Mark Griffiths 9781496237491
RRP: £23.99£20.84Encountering Palestine: Un/making Spaces of Colonial Violence, edited by Mark Griffiths and Mikko Joronen, sits at the intersection of cultural and political geographies and offers innovative reflections on power, colonialism, and anti-colonialism in... -
Contemporary Israel: New Insights and Scholarship by Frederick E. Greenspahn 9781479828944
RRP: £24.99£21.67For a country smaller than Vermont, with roughly the same population as Honduras, modern Israel receives a remarkable amount of attention. For supporters, it is a unique bastion of democracy in the Middle East, while detractors view it as a racist... -
Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food by Aaron S. Gross 9781479899333
RRP: £74.00£64.85How Judaism and food are intertwined Judaism is a religion that is enthusiastic about food. Jewish holidays are inevitably celebrated through eating particular foods, or around fasting and then eating particular foods. Through fasting, feasting,... -
Queer Judaism: LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel by Orit Avishai 9781479810017
RRP: £74.00£64.45Offers a compelling look at how Orthodox Jewish LGBT persons in Israel became more accepted in their communities. Until fairly recently, Orthodox people in Israel could not imagine embracing their LGBT sexual or gender identity and staying within the... -
My Second-Favorite Country: How American Jewish Children Think About Israel by Sivan Zakai 9781479808984
RRP: £20.99£18.37Reveals how young American Jewish children come to develop their views about Israel Israel has long occupied a prominent place in the lives and imaginations of American Jews, serving as both a symbolic touchstone and a source of intercommunal conflict... -
My Second-Favorite Country: How American Jewish Children Think About Israel by Sivan Zakai 9781479808953
RRP: £74.00£64.45Reveals how young American Jewish children come to develop their views about Israel Israel has long occupied a prominent place in the lives and imaginations of American Jews, serving as both a symbolic touchstone and a source of intercommunal conflict... -
Bringing Zion Home: Israel in American Jewish Culture, 1948-1967 by Emily Alice Katz 9781438454641
RRP: £25.51£22.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438454641Author Emily Alice KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Beyond Survival and Philanthropy: American Jewry and Israel by Allon Gal 9780878200924
RRP: £26.50£25.44What will hold American Jewry and Israel together as the traditional "crisis glue" melts down and the familiar and practiced Israeli call for aid retreats to the remote background of each community's existence? This is the question addressed by... -
Chief Rabbi Hertz: The Wars of the Lord by Derek Taylor 9780853039686
RRP: £20.00£19.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853039686Author Derek TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams) 367g -
Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life by Laura Arnold Leibman 9780853039570
RRP: £19.95£19.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853039570Author Laura Arnold LeibmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co... -
Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest: Myth, History and Holocaust by Paul A. Levine 9780853037286
RRP: £19.95£19.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853037286Author Paul A. LevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Chinese and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures by Irene Eber 9780853036746
RRP: £19.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853036746Author Irene EberFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
London Jews and British Communism, 1935-45 by Henry Felix Srebrnik 9780853033028
RRP: £19.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853033028Author Henry Felix SrebrnikFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
The People of the Book and Camera: Photography in the Hebrew Novel by Ofra Amihay 9780815637318
£37.25Amihay offers a pioneering study of the unique nexus between literature and photography in the works of Hebrew authors. Exploring the use of photography-both as a textual element and through the inclusion of actual images- Amihay shows how the presence... -
Queering Anti-Zionism: Academic Freedom, LGBTQ Intellectuals, and Israel/Palestine Campus Activism by Corinne E Blackmer 9780814349991
£100.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814349991Author Corinne E BlackmerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Wayne State University PressPublisher Wayne State University PressWeight(grams)... -
Jewish Revival Inside Out: Remaking Jewishness in a Transnational Age by Daniel Monterescu 9780814349175
£44.97Against the gloomy forecast of "The Vanishing Diaspora", the end of the second millennium saw the global emergence of a dazzling array of Jewish cultural initiatives, institutional modalities, and individual practices. These "Jewish Revival" and "Jewish... -
Jewish Mad Men: Advertising and the Design of the American Jewish Experience by Kerri P. Steinberg 9780813563756
RRP: £32.00£28.21It is easy to dismiss advertising as simply the background chatter of modern life, often annoying, sometimes hilarious, and ultimately meaningless. But Kerri P. Steinberg argues that a careful study of the history of advertising can reveal a wealth of... -
Dominion Built of Praise: Panegyric and Legitimacy Among Jews in the Medieval Mediterranean by Jonathan Decter 9780812250411
RRP: £70.00£60.31A constant feature of Jewish culture in the medieval Mediterranean was the dedication of panegyric texts in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and other languages to men of several ranks: scholars, communal leaders, courtiers, merchants, patrons, and poets. Although... -
A Reluctant Welcome for Jewish People: Voices in Le Devoir's Editorials, 1910-1947 by Pierre Anctil 9780776627953
£29.71Noted historian Pierre Anctil takes a deep dive into editorials devoted to Jews and Judaism in Quebec's daily Le Devoir in the first half of the twentieth century. Long one of the most discussed historiographical issues in Canadian Jewish history, these... -
Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Israel Shahak 9780745320915
RRP: £85.00£65.36This is a new edition of a classic and highly controversial book that examines the history and consequences of Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel. It is essential reading for anyone who wants a full understanding of the way religious extremism has affected... -
Does Judaism Condone Violence?: Holiness and Ethics in the Jewish Tradition by Alan L. Mittleman 9780691174235
RRP: £35.00£27.74A philosophical case against religious violenceWe live in an age beset by religiously inspired violence. Terms such as "holy war" are the stock-in-trade of the evening news. But what is the relationship between holiness and violence? Can acts such as... -
Not in the Heavens: The Tradition of Jewish Secular Thought by David Biale 9780691147239
RRP: £55.00£42.91Not in the Heavens traces the rise of Jewish secularism through the visionary writers and thinkers who led its development. Spanning the rich history of Judaism from the Bible to today, David Biale shows how the secular tradition these visionaries... -
Einstein Before Israel: Zionist Icon or Iconoclast? by Ze'ev Rosenkranz 9780691144122
RRP: £45.00£35.72Albert Einstein was initially skeptical and even disdainful of the Zionist movement, yet he affiliated himself with this controversial political ideology and today is widely seen as an outspoken advocate for a modern Jewish homeland in Palestine. What... -
Building a Public Judaism: Synagogues and Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century Europe by Saskia Coenen Snyder 9780674059894
RRP: £52.95£42.51Nineteenth-century Europe saw an unprecedented rise in the number of synagogues. Building a Public Judaism considers what their architecture and the circumstances surrounding their construction reveal about the social progress of modern European Jews... -
Arguing the Modern Jewish Canon: Essays on Literature and Culture in Honor of Ruth R. Wisse by Justin Daniel Cammy 9780674025851
RRP: £62.95£50.84Over the past four decades Ruth R. Wisse has been a leading scholar of Yiddish and Jewish literary studies in North America, and one of our most fearless public intellectuals on issues relating to Jewish society, culture, and politics. In this... -
Family Matters: Courageous People in the Promised Land by Barbara Katzenstein Jimenez 9780615808321
RRP: £86.99£57.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615808321Author Barbara Katzenstein JimenezFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint Gefen BooksPublisher Gefen BooksWeight(grams) 4074g