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Ghetto Diary by Janusz Korczak 9780300097429
RRP: $31.18$26.95Janusz Korczak (1879-1942) is one of the legendary figures to emerge from the Holocaust. A successful pediatrician and well-known author in his native Warsaw, he gave up a brilliant medical career to devote himself to the care of orphans. Like so many... -
The Japanese Talmud: Antisemitism in East Asia by Christopher L. Schilling
RRP: $48.75$42.96The image of Jews in East Asia is a strange mixture of opposites, a paradoxical blend of admiration and mockery, identification and denial. This book explores what 'Jew' means to many East Asians, and whether it is anything that Jewish people themselves... -
The Image of the Non-Jew in Judaism: The Idea of Noahide Law David Novak (University College, University of Toronto (Canada)) 9781906764074
RRP: $47.09$42.33Throughout history the image of the non-Jew in Judaism has profoundly influenced the way in which Jews interact with non-Jews. It has also shaped the understanding that Jews have of their own identity, as it determines just what distinguishes them from... -
Judeo-Persian Writings: A Manifestation of Intellectual and Literary Life Nahid Pirnazar 9781032145761
RRP: $97.48$84.83Introducing Judeo-Persian writings, this original collection gives parallel samples in Judeo-Persian and Perso-Arabic script and translations in English. Judeo-Persian writings not only reflect the twenty-seven centuries of Jewish life in Iran, but they... -
What is a Jew by Rabbi Morris N. Kertzer
$24.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684842981Author Rabbi Morris N. KertzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm)... -
Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century: Creating a Tradition of Learning Shaul Stampfer 9781906764609
RRP: $47.09$43.11One of the key ways in which the traditional Jewish world of eastern Europe responded to the challenges of modernity in the nineteenth century was to change the system for educating young men so as to reinforce time-honoured, conservative values. The... -
Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece by Devin E. Naar 9781503600089
RRP: $42.88$37.34Touted as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans," the Mediterranean port city of Salonica (Thessaloniki) was once home to the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the world. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the city's incorporation into Greece in 1912... -
The Jew in the Medieval World: A Sourcebook, 315-1791 by Jacob R. Marcus
RRP: $48.75$46.16To gain an accurate view of medieval Judaism, one must look through the eyes of Jews and their contemporaries. First published in 1938, Jacob Rader Marcus's classic source book on medieval Judaism provides the documents and historical narratives which... -
The Idea of Modern Jewish Culture by Eliezer Schweid 9781936235094
RRP: $40.93$34.61The vast majority of intellectual, religious, and national developments in modern Judaism revolve around the central idea of 'Jewish culture'. This book is the first synoptic view of these developments that organises and relates them from this vantage... -
The Art of Bible Translation by Robert Alter
RRP: $39.00$30.99From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a "hugely entertaining and irreverent" (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into EnglishIn this brief book, award-winning biblical... -
We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust by Ellen Cassedy 9780803230125
RRP: $31.18$25.29Ellen Cassedy's longing to recover the Yiddish she'd lost with her mother's death eventually led her to Lithuania, once the "Jerusalem of the North." As she prepared for her journey, her uncle, sixty years after he'd left Lithuania in a boxcar, made a... -
The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000 by Todd M. Endelman
RRP: $52.65$41.85In Todd Endelman's spare and elegant narrative, the history of British Jewry in the modern period is characterized by a curious mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the... -
Responses to 7 October: Universities by Rosa Freedman 9781032805566
RRP: $37.03$32.90One 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... -
The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry by Vasily Grossman
RRP: $109.18$96.64The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewryis a collection of eyewitness testimonies, letters, diaries, affidavits, and other documents on the activities of the Nazis against Jews in the camps, ghettoes, and towns of Eastern Europe. Arguably, the only apt... -
Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel Israel Shahak 9780745320908
RRP: $48.73$31.94This 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... -
My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar
RRP: $19.48$14.78In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers and... -
The End of Love: Sex and Desire in the Twenty-First Century by Tamara Tenenbaum 9781787704978
RRP: $25.33$16.69"A feast for the mind." -PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY "A contemporary voice with the ease of Natalia Ginzburg's or Irene Nemirovsky's." -GUADALUPE NETTEL, author of Still Born "Nuanced, deeply rich, and a joy to read." -CHARLOTTE FOX-WEBER, author of What We... -
From Berlin to England and Back by Peter Prager
RRP: $29.15$22.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853034209Author Peter PragerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
RRP: $38.98$34.20"Mr. Yerushalmi's previous writings . . . established him as one of the Jewish community's most important historians. His latest book should establish him as one of its most important critics. Zakhor is historical thinking of a very high order - mature... -
Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: The Union Army by Adam D. Mendelsohn
RRP: $54.58$47.07Offers an engaging account of the experiences of Jewish soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War What was it like to be a Jew in Lincoln's armies? The Union army was as diverse as the embattled nation it sought to preserve, a unique mixture of... -
The Imaginary Jew by David Suchoff
RRP: $21.43$18.72The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about this new meaning is a storm of contradictions. In The Imaginary Jew, Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passage through... -
A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse: Cultural Interaction in the Ancient Mediterranean by Yaron Eliav
RRP: $74.10$58.52A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient RomePublic bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and sports. The most popular institution of the ancient Mediterranean world, the baths... -
The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction by Elizabeth R. Baer 9780814336267
RRP: $72.05$65.83First mentioned in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible, the golem is a character in an astonishing number of post-Holocaust Jewish-American novels and has served as inspiration for such varied figures as Mary Shelley s monster in her novel... -
Memorial Books of Eastern European Jewry: Essays on the History and Meanings of Yizker Volumes Rosemary Horowitz 9780786441990
RRP: $56.53$45.59From the Russian civil wars through the Nazi years, the Jews of Eastern Europe were targets of violence during the first half of the twentieth century. During the Holocaust especially, entire communities were wiped out. In response, survivors sometimes... -
Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust Sonja M. Hedgepeth 9781584659051
RRP: $74.10$71.55Using testimonies, Nazi documents, memoirs, and artistic representations, this volume broadens and deepens comprehension of Jewish women's experiences of rape and other forms of sexual violence during the Holocaust. The book goes beyond previous studies,... -
The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 by Maristella Botticini
RRP: $39.00$30.99In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds... -
KJV, Deluxe Reference Bible, Super Giant Print, Leathersoft, Burgundy, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780785215684
$80.57This Bible published in the classic King James Version includes cross references and extra-large print type allowing for an easy Bible reading experience. This edition is published in large KJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for... -
Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities by Emily Tamkin
RRP: $39.00$34.79A lively, thoughtful history of America's Jews, exploring their complex relationships with national culture, identity, and politics-and each other. You can be called a Bad Jew-by the community or even yourself-if you don't keep kosher, don't send... -
Superman is Jewish?: How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice, and the Jewish-American Way by Harry Brod 9781416595304
$45.12In Superman Is Jewish? Harry Brod reveals the links between Jews and superheroes in a penetrating investigation of iconic comic book figures. He describes how the role of each hero reflects the evolution of the Jewish place in American culture-an alien... -
Embracing Envy: Finding the Spiritual Treasure in Our Most Shameful Emotion by Josh Gressel 9780761864448
RRP: $58.50$52.03Envy is a universal emotion, yet people are very reluctant to confess their envy of another. In Embracing Envy, Josh Gressel suggests it is our shame at admitting we feel inferior to another person that keeps envy so hidden. Through interviews with... -
How Judaism Became a Religion: An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought by Leora Batnitzky
RRP: $39.00$30.99Is Judaism a religion, a culture, a nationality--or a mixture of all of these? In How Judaism Became a Religion, Leora Batnitzky boldly argues that this question more than any other has driven modern Jewish thought since the eighteenth century. This... -
Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter by Jonathan Marc Gribetz 9780691173467
RRP: $58.50$45.42As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict persists, aspiring peacemakers continue to search for the precise territorial dividing line that will satisfy both Israeli and Palestinian nationalist demands. The prevailing view assumes that this struggle is nothing... -
The Doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto by Maria Ciesielska 9781644697269
RRP: $42.88$33.27Based on years of archival research, 'The Doctors of the Warsaw Ghetto' is the most detailed study ever undertaken into the fate of more than 800 Jewish doctors who devoted themselves, in many cases until the day they died, to the care of the sick and... -
Contemporary Left Antisemitism by David Hirsh
RRP: $76.03$66.73Today's antisemitism is difficult to recognize because it does not come dressed in a Nazi uniform and it does not openly proclaim its hatred or fear of Jews. This book looks at the kind of antisemitism which is tolerated or which goes unacknowledged in... -
The Political Diary of Alfred Rosenberg and the Onset of the Holocaust by Jurgen Matthaus 9781442251670
RRP: $132.60$117.25In December 2013, after years of exhaustive search, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum received more than four hundred pages of diary notes written by one of the most prominent Nazis, the Party's chief ideologue and Reich minister for the occupied Soviet... -
Antisemitism: An Ancient Hatred in the Age of Identity Politics by Philip Slayton
RRP: $29.23$19.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990823107Author Philip SlaytonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Strange Hate: Antisemitism, Racism and the Limits of Diversity Keith Kahn-Harris 9781912248438
RRP: $21.43$14.43How did antisemitism get so strange?Life-long anti-racists accused of antisemitism, life-long Jew haters absolving themselves by declaring their love of Israel. Today, antisemitism and philosemitism seem selective, as if Jews offered themselves up as a... -
Freedom and Despair: Notes from the South Hebron Hills by David Shulman
RRP: $35.10$30.03Lately, it seems as if we wake up to a new atrocity each day. Every morning is now a ritual of scrolling through our Twitter feeds or scanning our newspapers for the latest updates on fresh horrors around the globe. Despite the countless protests we... -
Going to the People: Jews and the Ethnographic Impulse by Jeffrey Veidlinger
RRP: $46.78$40.64Taking S. An-sky's expeditions to the Pale of Jewish Settlement as its point of departure, the volume explores the dynamic and many-sided nature of ethnographic knowledge and the long and complex history of the production and consumption of Jewish folk... -
Jewish Mysticism: The Infinite Expression of Freedom Rachel Elior 9781906764043
RRP: $40.66$36.87Mysticism, which transcends the boundaries of time and space and refers to a reality not grasped by means of ordinary human cognition, is one of the central sources of inspiration of religious thought. It is an attempt to decode the mystery of divine...