New Jewish Books
In this provocative and resonant autobiography, world-renowned artist and feminist icon Judy Chicago reflects on her extraordinary life and career. Judy Chicago is America’s most dynamic living artist. Her works comprise a dizzying array...
From Embodied Experience to Moral Metaphor In this book, Yitzhaq Feder presents a novel and compelling account of pollution in ancient Israel, from its emergence as an embodied concept, rooted in physiological experience, to...
He’s brilliant, he’s talented, he’s privileged. But Yanky Kleiner is about to abandon his shining future in the halls of the beis medrash and pursue a career as an architect. His mitzvah observance has...
The Kenneth Michael Tanenbaum Series in Jewish Studies Edited by Kenneth Hart Green and Martin D. Yaffe Recognized as one of the leading philosophers and Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century, Emil Ludwig Fackenheim...
With its melting pot of immigrants from all over the world, Israel has a unique exposure to diverse culinary practices from Jews of different backgrounds. From Eastern European slums to Ethiopian villages, Jews have...
Thirteen-year-old Jacob’s life is hard in 1920s Poland, where he lives in an orphanage for Jewish children. His days are brightened by playing in the orphanage mandolin orchestra. When an American benefactor arrives with...
Why did dance and dancing became important to the construction of a new, modern, Jewish/Israeli cultural identity in the newly formed nation of Israel? There were questions that covered almost all spheres of daily...
What happens when we follow Pirkei Avos and greet every person b’simcha, with a sehver ponim yafos? Exactly what you might imagine! In this cheerful, colorful picture book, each character shares a smile with...
Edited by: Armin Lange, Kerstin Mayerhofer, Dina Porat, Lawrence H. Schiffman The five volumes provide a compendium of the history of and discourse about antisemitism – both as a unique cultural and religious category....
Growing up the son of a well-respected money manager, Marty Kaplan caught the investment bug early. Or maybe he just wanted his father’s approval. Either way, now in forties, Marty’s obsessed with becoming a...
