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A study of place and creative inspiration

The first comprehensive biography of America's great mid-century impresario

An illuminating anthology that traces the trajectory of Jewish thought in twentieth-century France

A passionate and provocative assessment of the decline of performing arts institutions in the United States and how to save them

A critical assessment of Jewishness in Woody Allen's films and plays

An astonishing analysis of Jewish mother-daughter relations before, during, and after the Shoah as described in daughters' memoirs

An enlightening look at a unique and remarkable Jewish community

Now available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of Hasidism

The first full-length presentation of Jewish life, history, and culture in California from the Gold Rush to the twenty-first century

A remarkable, in-depth study of Jewish history, culture, and memory in a historic and contemporary German city

Rich ethnographies of Jewish supplementary schools drawn from every region in the U.S.

A much-anticipated sociological analysis of gender components in contemporary American Jewish life based on the most recent population data

A fascinating analysis of the story of Eve, using modern poetry in conversation with biblical texts and rabbinic rewritings to reveal new layers of meaning

Eleven essays on the life and thought of the Jewish philosopher and theologian Franz Rosenzweig.

Following the Balfour Declaration and the British conquest of Palestine (1917-1918), the small Jewish community that lived there wanted to establish an elected assembly as its representative body. The issue that hindered this aim was whether women would be part of it. A group of feminist Zionist women from all over the country created a political p

A fresh look at Jewish-Arab relations in Palestine under the British Mandate

In the first book to investigate the cultural contributions of the banker Eduard Todesco, the steel tycoon Karl Wittgenstein and many others, Shapira reconsiders theories identifying the crisis of Jewish assimilation as a primary creative stimulus for the Jewish contribution to Viennese modernism.

In her reading of Hebrew autobiography, Tamar Hess identifies the textual presence and function of the collective and its interplay with the Israeli self. A systematic review of contemporary Hebrew autobiography, this study raises fundamental questions essential to the debates about identity at the heart of Israeli culture today.

The first history of the eight Jewish men and women who have served or who currently serve as justices of the Supreme Court.

Illustrates the complex and diverse ways that Jews in the United States and Israel are reshaping dating, marriage, and family life - with some surprising consequences

Sheds new light on the views and attitudes of Latin American writers during the Nazi era

A data-based analysis of social life and social problems in contemporary Israel that draws a vivid portrait of a dynamic and rapidly changing society

Essays in honor of the scholarly work and institutional leadership of Jehuda Reinharz, focusing on the role of the individual in history

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

A smart, funny, and lyrical memoir of an Iraqi Jewish girl's experiences in five countries before settling in the United States

The role of Judaism in the formation of Western aesthetics

An incisive look at gender inequities in Jewish day school education

The long-awaited sequel to the classic Hebrew language textbook, this book is intended for intermediate and advanced students

The first book to examine religious feminist activists in Israel, the U.S., and Kuwait

A provocative look at the centrality of desire for "the Land" among early settlers in pre-state Israel