A new and provocative reassessment of the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict

'An intellectual biography of Don Isaac ben Judah Abravanel, a 15th century Portuguese rabbi, sch...

'This volume is an anthology of fiction and poems by authors from around the world that highlight...

Colm Tóibín's personal account of encountering James Baldwin's work, published in Baldwin's cente...

Widely regarded as today's foremost American Jewish historian, Jonathan D. Sarna had a huge impac...

Jewish Identities in the American West fills a significant gap in racial identity scholarship.

'This is, to best of our knowledge, the first collection of social impact business cases. At a ti...

An original and comprehensive comparison of the universalisms of two major modern Jewish philosop...

'An in-depth study of Jewish religion and law in Israel from a gendered perspective. In Holy Rebe...

A teacher reflects on her teaching practice, bringing literacy scholarship into the arena of Jewi...

'The novel Mazaltob (1930) by Blanche Bendahan is the forerunner of a modern Sephardi feminist li...

A long overdue study of agunot based on exhaustive research in rabbinic sources, memoirs, and com...

Scholarship and performance combine to show how drag can be a blueprint for critique, care, teach...

The literary memoir of a founder of Tel Aviv, now available for the first time in an annotated En...

How a small town in New England became a home for jazz, challenging conventional assumptions abou...

The story of the German exiles--and cultural titans--who settled in Pacific Palisades and influen...

'In the tradition of Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser, Kardashian asks whether it is right that ...

'In Village of the Dammed, journalist James Lomuscio tells the story of the rise and fall of Vall...

ENACTing Change

ENACTing Change

Beyond Brutality

Beyond Brutality

The literary memoir of a founder of Tel Aviv, now available for the first time in an annotated En...

Focusing on Oriental Jews and their relations with their Arab neighbors in Mandatory Palestine, t...

In this book, based on lectures delivered at the Historical Society of Israel, the famed historia...

While most gender-based analyses of rabbinic Judaism concentrate on the status of women in the ha...

Uncharitable investigates how for-profit strategies could and should be used by nonprofits.Unchar...

An insightful look at the life and legacy of a pioneer cynologist between Europe and Israel.Rudol...

A historian offers a unique look at the pandemic, climate change, and the human versus nonhuman.C...

A local story with profound national implications, now available as a paperback with a new prefac...

A rich look, from a native daughter, at the evolving relations of people, architecture, and lands...

Provocative essays address the question of women's menstrual rituals in Jewish law, history, and ...

A fascinating look at key aspects of visual culture in modern Jewish history

Told as a series of reflections, this study traces links between cultures as diverse as pre-Vedic...

Theorists of autobiography tend to emphasize the centrality of the individual against the communi...

The only biography of Louis Bamberger--department store magnate, merchandising genius, enlightene...

Through the lens of children's literature, explores the largely untold story of secular Yiddish s...

'During the nineteenth century, Americans celebrated their towns and cities through lithographic ...

'Orignially published in 1978 by The Viking Press'--Copyright page.

This book makes first amendment issues immediate and contemporary.

A study of place and creative inspiration

An elegantly designed volume of new English and Hebrew prayers and reflections for the High Holid...

'Mainly intended for readers who have little sense of what the Talmud actually is, Kirsch explore...

Leading historians of modern Jewry offer the first comprehensive account of American synagogue hi...

Striking in its appeal to the senses, the Song of Songs--the Bible's only book of love poems--is ...

Collected essays by a preeminent authority on American Jewish history.

A history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the history of the Middle ...

'The people of Boston have adopted the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture into their family. Dressi...