Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory (Hayim Yerushalmi Yosef)(Paperback)

Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory (Hayim Yerushalmi Yosef)(Paperback)

'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 speculation based on massive scholarship.' -

Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism (Brossat Alain)(Paperback)

Recovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish tradition Jewish radicals manned the barricades on the avenues of Petrograd and the alleys of the Warsaw ghetto; they were in the vanguard of those resisting Franco and the Nazis. They originated in Yiddishland, a vast expanse of Eastern Europe

A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History (Kaganoff Benzion C.)(Paperback)

This reference examines the history of Jewish forenames and surnames, tracing the origin of each name and the changes that have occured over

Leeds and Its Jewish Community: A History (Fraser Derek)(Paperback)

The definitive history of the third-largest Jewish community in the UK, which analyses the factors which contributed to its growth and success and explores the disproportionate influence the community had on the modern history of

To Pray as a Jew: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service (Donin Hayim H.)(Paperback)

A distinguished guide to Jewish prayer, now with a new foreword by respected Rabbi Haskel Lookstein Why do Jews pray? What is the role of prayer in their lives as moral and ethical beings? From the simplest details of how to comport oneself on entering a synagogue to the most profound and moving

Power & Powerlessness in Jewish History (Biale David)(Paperback / softback)

The Invention of the Jewish People (Sand Shlomo)(Paperback)

Best-selling analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian with a new

Leeds and Its Jewish Community: A History (Fraser Derek)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive history of the third-largest Jewish community in the UK, which analyses the factors which contributed to its growth and success and explores the disproportionate influence the community had on the modern history of

The Big Book of Jewish Humor (Novak William)(Paperback)

A fantastic collection of Jewish and Jewish-inspired humor with contributions from Woody Allen, Max Apple, Gary Epstein, Lenny Bruce, Joseph Heller, David Levine, Sam Levenson, G.B. Trudeau, Judith Viorst, S. Gross, The National Lampoon, Jules Feiffer, The Talmud, and dozens of other sources

Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism (Ravitzky Aviezer)(Paperback)

The Orthodox Jewish tradition affirms that Jewish exile will end with the coming of the Messiah. How, then, does Orthodoxy respond to the political realization of a Jewish homeland that is the State of Israel? In this cogent and searching study, Aviezer Ravitzky probes Orthodoxy's divergent

A Story of Jewish Experience in Mississippi (Waldoff Leon)(Paperback)

In this memoir, Waldoff searches into his Russian-Jewish parents' experience and that of the Jewish community in Hattiesburg from the 1920s through the 1960s, revealing times of acceptance and prosperity, but also of fears of anti-Semitism when a Jew is convicted of murder and fears of Klan

A Rich Brew: How Cafs Created Modern Jewish Culture (Pinsker Shachar M.)(Paperback)

Finalist, 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Modern Jewish Thought and Experience, presented by the Jewish Book Council Winner, 2019 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, in the Jewish Literature and Linguistics Category, given by the Association for Jewish Studies A fascinating glimpse into the world of

The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary (Garfinkel Eli L.)(Paperback)

The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary shows Jews of all ages and backgrounds that the Jewish people's most significant book is not dusty and irrelevant but an eternally sacred text wholly pertinent to our modern lives. Designed to keep the attention of all readers, each lively essay is both

Northern Line - The History of a Provincial Jewish Family (Simons Judy)(Paperback / softback)

Judy Simons thought to leave her grandchildren a legacy of reminiscences about her Jewish upbringing in 1950s Sheffield. But when her mother died shortly before her hundredth birthday, Judy discovered a treasure chest of papers hidden at the back of the wardrobe. Reading them, she realised she had

Hasidism: A New History (Biale David)(Paperback)

A 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 began to spread. Today, Hasidism is

Israel - A History (Shapira Professor Anita)(Paperback / softback)

A timely and definitive narrative history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the Middle East. Ideal for anyone seeking to understand the roots of the current conflict in

To Be a Jew: A Guide to Jewish Observance in Contemporary Life (Donin Hayim H.)(Paperback)

The classic guide to the ageless heritage of Judaism Embraced over many decades by hundreds of thousands of readers, To Be a Jew offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to traditional Jewish laws and customs as they apply to daily life in the contemporary world. In simple and powerful

Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures (Collins John J.)(Paperback)

Ancient Jewish and Christian Scriptures examines the writings included in and excluded from the Jewish and Christian canons of Scripture and explores the social settings in which some of this literature was viewed as authoritative and some was viewed either as uninspired or as heretical. John J

The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays (Greenberg Irving)(Paperback)

Called 'enriching' and 'profoundly moving' by Elie Wiesel, The Jewish Way is a comprehensive and inspiring presentation of Judaism as revealed through its holy days.In thoughtful and engaging prose, Rabbi Irving Greenberg explains and interprets the origin, background, interconnections, ceremonial

The Wandering Who (Atzmon Gilad)(Paperback)

This is an investigation of Jewish identity politics and contemporary Jewish ideology using both popular culture and scholarly

The End of Jewish Modernity (Traverso Enzo)(Paperback)

Jewish modernity flourished between the age of Enlightenment and World War II--and in fact was a major driver of intellectual, scientific, social, literary, and artistic progress in that period. But the age of Jewish modernity is over. That's the argument that historian Enzo Traverso mounts in this

Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Stavans Ilan)(Paperback)

The story of Jewish literature is a kaleidoscopic one, multilingual and transnational in character, spanning the globe as well as the centuries. In this broad, thought-provoking introduction to Jewish literature from 1492 to the present, cultural historian Ilan Stavans focuses on its multilingual

Passing Fancies in Jewish American Literature and Culture (Ruderman Judith)(Paperback)

In Passing Fancies in Jewish American Literature and Culture Judith Ruderman takes on the fraught question of who passes for Jewish in American literature and culture. In today's contemporary political climate, religious and racial identities are being reconceived as responses to culture and

The Jewish Decadence: Jews and the Aesthetics of Modernity (Freedman Jonathan)(Paperback)

As Jewish writers, artists, and intellectuals made their way into Western European and Anglo-American cultural centers, they encountered a society obsessed with decadence. An avant-garde movement characterized by self-consciously artificial art and literature, philosophic pessimism, and an interest