New Jewish Books
Brill Reference Library of Judaism This volume is devoted to the texts, traditions, and practices of the Land of Israel during the Talmudic period. Using a variety of critical methodologies, this collection offers a...
Writing and Rewriting the Past after 1989 In the early years of the 21st century it appeared that the memory of the Holocaust was secure in Western Europe; that, in order to gain entry...
A long ago “accident.” An isolated girl named Aviva. A community that wants to help, but doesn’t know how. And a ghostly dybbuk, that no one but Aviva can see, causing mayhem and mischief...
Isaac’s Fear is a wide-ranging study of a Hebrew encyclopedia of Judaism by Isaac Lampronti, a rabbi and physician from eighteenth-century Ferrara, in Italy; this is the first encyclopedia of Judaism, with entries on...
Jewish Refugees in the Wartime Soviet Interior During World War II, some two million Jewish refugees relocated from the western regions of the USSR to the Soviet interior. Citizens in the Central Asian territories...
The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil Settled in the mid-1970s...
You’ve met the latkes, you’ve met the matzah…now it’s time to meet the hamantaschen in this zany Purim story! There’s a problem with Purim! The Purim play is about to start, but the megillah...
Tenth graders Eliana and Dmitri could not be more different. He’s an outgoing, self-confident drummer in a punk band called Unexpected Turbulence. Eliana is introspective and thoughtful, and a movie buff who is living...
Discover a Life Filled with Purpose and Joy Through the Secrets of Jewish Wisdom Discover the secrets to a fearless, meaningful life, found in the wisdom of Jewish scripture. Today, more than ever, we...
This book explores the British Labour Party and the trade unions and how their relationship with the Jews of Palestine and Israel has evolved over the past one hundred years. It also reflects the...
