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Modern Middle Eastern Jewish Thought - Writings on Identity, Politics, and Culture, 1893-1958 by Moshe Behar 9781584658856
RRP: $30.96$29.71This volume opens the canon of modern Jewish thought to the all too often overlooked writings of Jews from the Arab East, from the close of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Whether they identified as Sephardim, Mizrahim,... -
How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish by Ilan Stavans
RRP: $20.63$14.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632062260Author Ilan StavansFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Restless BooksPublisher Restless Books -
Patrimony: A True Story by Philip Roth 9780099914303
RRP: $12.89$9.17Patrimony is a true story about the relationship between a father and a son.Philip Roth watches as his eight-six-year-old father, famous for his vigour, his charm and his skill as a raconteur - lovingly called 'the Bard of Newark' - battles with the... -
Confronting Antisemitism on the Left: Arguments for Socialists by Daniel Randall 9781913532581
RRP: $12.89$10.54Confronting Antisemitism on the Left aims to build on the legacy of Steve Cohen's That's Funny, You Don't Look Antisemitic, first published in 1984 and republished by No Pasaran Media in 2019. It draws extensively on Cohen's work, presenting a... -
The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey by Antony Lerman 9780745332765
RRP: $29.66$19.57Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Israel's aggression towards the Palestinians. As head of an influential UK Jewish think tank, he operated at the highest... -
Jews and Words by Amos Oz
RRP: $14.18$12.09A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history, and culture Why are words so important to so many Jews? Novelist Amos Oz and historian Fania Oz-Salzberger... -
Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism by Dennis Prager 9780743246200
RRP: $25.80$16.28Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why is the Jewish state the most hated country in the world today? Drawing on extensive historical research, Prager and Telushkin reveal how Judaism's distinctive... -
On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice in Palestine by Judith Butler 9781608467617
RRP: $21.92$15.05When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false... -
Responses to 7 October: Law and Society by Rosa Freedman 9781032805535
RRP: $24.50$21.76Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Music of Exile: The Untold Story of the Composers who Fled Hitler by Michael Haas 9780300266504
RRP: $32.25$26.99What happens to a composer when persecution and exile means their true music no longer has an audience? In the 1930s, composers and musicians began to flee Hitler's Germany to make new lives across the globe. The process of exile was complex: although... -
The Conflict over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate by Kenneth S. Stern 9781487507367
RRP: $34.82$30.08The Conflict over the Conflict chronicles one of the most divisive and toxic issues on today's college and university campuses: Israel/Palestine. Some pro-Palestinian students call supporters of Israel's right to exist racist, and disrupt their events... -
Hasidism: A New History by David Biale 9780691202440
RRP: $45.15$37.85A must-read book for understanding this vibrant and influential modern Jewish movementHasidism originated in southeastern Poland, in mystical circles centered on the figure of Israel Ba'al Shem Tov, but it was only after his death in 1760 that a movement... -
Judaism and Modernity by Gillian Rose
RRP: $27.08$26.06Judaism and Modernity: Philosophical Essays challenges the philosophical presentation of Judaism as the sublime 'other' of modernity. Here, Gillian Rose develops a philosophical alternative to deconstruction and post-modernism by critically re-engaging... -
In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands by Martin Gilbert
RRP: $25.79$22.41A powerful account of Jews living in Muslim lands and the surprising truths about their shared history The relationship between Jews and Muslims has been a flashpoint that affects stability in the Middle East and has consequences around the globe. In... -
Sephardi: Cooking the History. Recipes of the Jews of Spain and the Diaspora, from the 13th Century Onwards by Helene Jawhara Piner
RRP: $32.24$30.28In this extraordinary cookbook, chef and scholar Helene Jawhara-Piner combines rich culinary history and Jewish heritage to serve up over fifty culturally significant recipes. Steeped in the history of the Sephardic Jews (Jews of Spain) and their... -
Why?: Explaining the Holocaust by Peter Hayes 9780393355468
RRP: $19.34$15.97Peter Hayes has been teaching Holocaust studies for decades and Why? grows out of the questions he's encountered from his students. Despite the outpouring of books, films, memorials, museums and courses devoted to the subject, a coherent explanation of... -
How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household by Blu Greenberg 9780671602703
RRP: $36.12$27.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671602703Author Blu GreenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 530Imprint Simon & Schuster LtdPublisher Simon & Schuster Ltd -
Women's Experiences in the Holocaust: In Their Own Words by Agnes Grunwald-Spier
RRP: $16.76$10.94This book brings to light women's experiences in the Holocaust. It explains why women's difficulties were different to those of men. Men were taken away and the women were left to cope with children and elderly relatives and obliged to take on new roles... -
Britain's Jews: Confidence, Maturity, Anxiety by Harry Freedman
RRP: $25.80$19.76'...detailed and fair.' - The Spectator 'An exhaustive, impressive achievement.' - The Tablet As a minority, Jews in Britain are confident, their institutions competent and mature. And yet within Jewish life in Britain there is a pervading sense of... -
Anti-Semite and Jew: An Exploration of the Etiology of Hate by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: $18.05$14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805210477Author Jean-Paul SartreFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm)... -
Yiddish-English/English-Yiddish Dictionary & Phrasebook by Vera Szabo
RRP: $16.76$12.51This handy dictionary and phrasebook provides practical vocabulary and pronunciation tools to help students, travelers, or businesspeople communicate when visiting Yiddish communities in Jerusalem, London, New York, and many other major cities around the... -
Churchill and the Jews by Martin Gilbert 9781416522577
RRP: $16.76$10.55CHURCHILL AND THE JEWS covers the whole life of this greatest of Britons -- from his youth, when he was shocked by the anti-Semitism displayed during the Dreyfus Affair, to his last meeting with David Ben-Gurion in 1960, when he gave Ben-Gurion an... -
Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria in Britain, 1933-1970: Their Image in AJR Information by Anthony Grenville
RRP: $25.74$24.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853038528Author Anthony GrenvilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
The History of Anti-Semitism, Volume 1: From the Time of Christ to the Court Jews by Leon Poliakov
RRP: $39.99$35.81Covering the story of prejudice against Jews from the time of Christ through the rise of Nazi Germany, The History of Anti-Semitism presents in elegant and thoughtful language a balanced, careful assessment of this egregious human failing that is nearly... -
How to Fight Anti-Semitism by Bari Weiss
RRP: $12.89$9.17'This acutely argued book will engender a thousand conversations' Cynthia OzickThe prescient New York Times writer delivers an urgent wake-up call exposing the alarming rise of anti-semitism -- and explains what we can do to defeat itOn 27 October 2018... -
Jews and the Qur'an by Meir M. Bar-Asher
RRP: $28.38$24.20A compelling book that casts the Qur'anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new lightIn this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context... -
Whatever Happened to Antisemitism?: Redefinition and the Myth of the 'Collective Jew' Antony Lerman (Bruno Kreisky Forum) 9780745338774
RRP: $23.21$16.18'This elegantly written, erudite book is essential reading for all of us, whatever our identifications' - Lynne Segal Antisemitism is one of the most controversial topics of our time. The public, academics, journalists, activists and Jewish people... -
Nurture the Wow: Finding Spirituality in the Frustration, Boredom, Tears, Poop, Desperation, Wonder, and Radical Amazement of Parenting by Danya Rabbi Ruttenberg 9781250116949
RRP: $25.79$15.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250116949Author Rabbi Danya RuttenbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 201mm... -
The New Temple and the Second Coming: The Prophecy that Points to Christ's Return in your Generation by Grant Jeffrey
RRP: $19.34$14.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400071074Author Grant JeffreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A... -
The Promise Of Politics by Hannah Arendt 9780805212136
RRP: $21.92$14.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805212136Author Hannah ArendtFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm *... -
Mala's Cat: The moving and unforgettable true story of one girl's survival during the Holocaust by Mala Kacenberg
RRP: $14.18$10.02The remarkable true story of friendship, resilience and survival against the odds'A remarkable tale of survival' Jeremy Dronfield, bestselling author of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz'It's an account of astounding courage and... -
Jews by the Seaside: The Jewish Hotels and Guesthouses of Bournemouth by Pam Fox 9781912676934
RRP: $25.74$20.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912676934Author Pam FoxFormat PaperbackImprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Challenge and Continuity: Rabbinic Responses to Modernity, Science and Tragedy by Yoni Birnbaum 9781910383391
RRP: $38.70$28.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910383391Author Yoni BirnbaumFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
A Constant Heart: The War Diaries of Maud Russell 1938 - 1945 by Emily Russell 9780995546233
RRP: $19.35$18.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995546233Author Emily RussellFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote Press -
The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Martin Gilbert
RRP: $42.56$37.62The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict traces not only the tangled and bitter history of the Arab-Jewish struggle from the early twentieth century to the present, including the death of Yasser Arafat and recent proposals for compromise and... -
Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural by Howard Schwartz 9780195067262
RRP: $19.34$18.42Once upon a time in the city of Tunis, a flirtatious young girl was drawn into Lilith's dangerous web by glancing repeatedly at herself in the mirror. It seems that a demon daughter of the legendary Lilith had made her home in the mirror and would soon... -
Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible by Gregg Drinkwater
RRP: $32.24$28.47A modernized, queer reading of the Torah In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a calendar cycle, with a specific portion assigned each week. These weekly portions, read aloud in synagogues around the world, have been subject to... -
Jews of Lithuania: A History of a Remarkable Community 1316-1945 by Masha Greenbaum 9789652291325
RRP: $39.98$24.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652291325Author Masha GreenbaumFormat HardbackPage Count 405Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 808g -
Antisemitism: here and now by Deborah E. Lipstadt 9781925228670
RRP: $21.92$14.94A timely analysis of the new antisemitism, by the historian who defeated Holocaust denier David Irving in court. What is antisemitism? Does it come from the right or the left? Is anti-Zionism the same as antisemitism? Are there different kinds of... -
Outcast: How Jews Were Banished from the Anti-Racist Imagination by Camila Bassi 9781915036780
RRP: $12.89$10.54Outcast is an exploration - and explanation - of how the very possibility of recognising anti-Jewish racism has been displaced by the commonplace leftist belief that when Jewish people cry 'antisemitism!' their true intent is to cover up the real racism...